By Ovie Okpare
Activists under the Coalition for the Advancement of Good Governance (CAGG) has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to thoroughly probe the discovery of 250 bank accounts allegedly operated by the administration of former Governor Rochas Okorocha in Imo State.
CAGG also demanded that Senator Okorocha’s former accountant general, Casmir Uzoho, who was arrested for allegedly laundering N1.05 billion was not swept under the carpet for political reasons.
The civil rights organisation stated this during a protest to demand for investigation of the case on Wednesday.
CAGG was reacting to a recent claim by Imo State House of Assembly that the former governor allegedly operated the accounts while in office, saying it marked the height of financial recklessness under his regime.
But Okorocha had denied the allegation that he operated 250 Bank accounts.
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The Deputy Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Okechukwu Onyekanma, had moved a motion authorising the state Auditor-General to put together an independent committee of forensic experts to investigate the 250 bank accounts allegedly operated by the administration of Rochas Okorocha in the state in the last eight years as governor.
However, National Convener of CAGG, James Okonkwo, told journalists in Abuja that a thorough investigation by EFCC would unravel many hidden issues on the discovery of the account under the administration of Okorocha.
Okonkwo posited that the arrest of the former Accountant-General by the EFCC as proof enough for the alleged profligacy under the former governor.
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According to him, “In Imo under Okorocha, there was absolute financial recklessness, gross fiscal indiscipline, contract bazaar to family members of the then governor. To clearly understand how terrible the situation was is to note that the state government before May 29 2019 had over 250 bank accounts.
“To demonstrate the pillaging of the state, the EFCC arrested the then acting Accountant-General of Imo State, Casmir Uzoho on March 8, 2019 for allegedly laundering N1.050 billion for the former governor.
“We appeal to the EFCC not to throw this and other grievous financial crimes against the people of Imo state by the immediate past government into the waste bin of history.”
The organisation also alleged that there had been ceaseless propaganda against the current administration of Governor Emeka Ihedioha by those who lost out in the last governorship election in Imo State.
