Rochas Okorocha Reveals What He Told EFCC, Says Becoming Gov Made Him Poorer

Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorochas has revealed what he told anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) when he was taken into custody.

Okorocha who was given bail on health ground after spending two nights in detention – as part of investigation into allegations of corruption against him – disclosed that “I said to them (EFCC) that I have not come to respond to your call because there is already a matter in court and once a matter is sub judice, you cannot talk about it.

“Imo State government has taken me to court on the same subject matter and we are at the Federal High Court in Abuja on the same subject matter.

“EFCC is doing their job because if there is no report, they can’t nose into whatever you are doing; EFCC is not witch-hunting, they are acting on a petition being written by somebody.”

Narrating what serving as a two-term Governor of Imo state has done to him during an Interview with Channels Television, Okorocha who fought hard in a failed bid to install his son in law, Uche Nwosu as successor stated “I challenge anybody to prove that I acquired any property with any government fund.

“I think people have forgotten that I was Rochas before becoming the governor of Imo State; I think they have forgotten completely.

“If anything, becoming a governor made me even poorer than what I was in the past. I don’t know whether I acquired any property here in Abuja, there is none.”