Alleged N48bn fraud: Uzodinma is after me and my Family – Embattled Okorocha cries out

The embattled former Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by Hope Uzodinma, the current state governor, to humiliate him and his family.

Okorocha’s media aide, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, in a statement issued on Friday, said that Uzodinma’s ongoing probe of Okorocha’s administration was targeted at humiliating him.

Onwuemeodo disclosed that reports that a court declined Okorocha’s request to stop his probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were untrue.

The statement reads in part, “Quickly, we want to state that the court presided over by Justice Ahmed Mohammed did not decline or refused to stop the probe of Senator Rochas Okorocha by EFCC and the Imo State Government.”

“If that report was true, the court would not have again adjourned to Tuesday, July 14, 2020, when the court would decide on the orders sought by Okorocha”

“The most exciting thing that happened in the court on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, was that the judge extracted oral undertaking from the lawyer that represented the Attorney-General of the State, Mr Joseph Matthew, that the panel would not sit again during the pendency of the matter.”

Okorocha is facing an investigation over allegations of massive fraud and embezzlement during his tenure as governor to the tune of over N48bn.