Okorocha denies returning N7.9bn to EFCC, challenges commission to publish bank accounts
Mr. Usman Imam, Head of the Port Harcourt zone of the EFCC, had during a press conference on Thursday said the commission recovered N7.9 billion from the former governor and returned to the Imo State government.
Imam was quoted as saying “Out of the N2.7bn already returned to Imo State, the immediate past governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha, received N2.5bn, while Hope Uzodinma received N514m in May.”Reacting Okorocha in a statement by his aide, Sam Onwuemeodo maintained that the anti-graft agency did not recover N7.9 billion or any other amount of money from him.
“With this denial, we, therefore, challenge EFCC or Mr. Imam as the one who made the claim, to prove us wrong by publishing details of the Bank Accounts the money was found and the owners of the accounts.”
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