The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has been reported to have left the country to an undisclosed location.
The report of the Imo State Governor’s travel as reported by Thisday is in connection with the ongoing investigations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, into the diversion of over N2 billion from the bailout fund given by the Federal Government to the state for payment of Civil servants salaries.
On Thursday, the anti-graft agency, EFCC, issued a statement naming suspects in the diversion scam to include; Obi Paschal Chigozie, Principal Secretary to the Governor of Imo state, Uzoho Casmir, Director of Finance and Iheoma Kenneth, Treasurer.
Further in the statement, the agency added that; “their arrest followed an investigation into the alleged diversion of the said money which revealed that, the cashier had made cash withdrawal of N456.532m between September 3, 2015 and October 10, 2015 from the government house account domiciled in Zenith Bank.
“However, it was revealed that the said amount was given to an aide of the chief of staff to the governor, following approval and directive by the principal secretary to the governor.”
The EFCC has since promised that suspected persons in connection with the scam would be charged to court as soon as it finished investigation into the case.