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BREAKING: EFCC Arrests Former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, See Reason

EFCC has arrested the former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha.
A report monitored on PREMIUM TIMES by OnyxNews Nigeria says Okorocha was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at about 4 P.M. on Tuesday at his Unity House private office in Abuja, sources familiar with the case said.
EFCC Arrested Rochas Okorocha
This online news platform understands that the former governor was arrested after a five-hour standoff with EFCC operatives who trailed him to the location.
Sources said the anti-graft agency had repeatedly invited the former governor to its Abuja headquarters in connection with multiple corruption allegations against him.
The politician, who is now senator, reportedly declined to honour the invitation, a development that infuriated detectives who fanned out to get him.
Senator Okorocha is currently being interrogated at the EFCC headquarters and it is unclear if he would be allowed to go home today.
Details of the allegations against the senator are sketchy but our sources said they are related to suspected monumental graft during his eight-year reign as governor.
It was learned that Okorocha’s spokesperson, Sam Onwuemeodo, could not be reached Tuesday evening to comment for this report.
When contacted, Wilson Uwujaren, the EFCC spokesperson, confirmed the former governor is in his agency’s custody.
He declined further comments when pressed for details of the allegations against the politician.
Since he left office as governor in 2019, Mr Okorocha has been having a running battle with his successor, Governor Hope Uzodinma, who accused him of misgovernance and corruption during his tenure. Both men are members of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC.
On February 21, Okorocha was arrested by the police for unsealing a hotel owned by his wife but which was shut by the Imo State government. He was later released.
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The EFCC’s zonal office in Enugu in November 2020, arraigned Lasberry Anyanwu, a former commissioner who served under Mr Okorocha. He was charged with stealing and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N180 million.
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