Former Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has asked an Owerri High Court to stop the House of Assembly from probing him for allegedly mismanaging N19.63billion council funds.
The state Auditor-General for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs had issued an interim audit report detailing how N19.63b fraudulently disappeared from the Local Government accounts between May and December 31, 2019.
Two days after the origination summons was filed, Ihedioha’s counsel, S.A Anyalewechi, dispatched a letter to the Speaker asking him to restrain the House and its agents from inviting his client for an investigation. The money was allegedly taken from the State-Local Government Joint Accounts Allocation Committee through the Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs .
According to the Commissioner, the money was illegally withdrawn from JAAC account without any Memorandum of Understanding , Stores Receipt Vouchers or Stores Issue Vouchers .
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