EFCC Capture N7.9bn Stolen By Rochas Okorocha

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has asked the former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha to get ready for his days in court while revealing that about N7.9bn belonging to the state has been seized from him.

According to the Zonal head of the anti-graft agency, Usman Imam who made this known on Thursday, the commission has returned over N5.7bn to various administrations in Imo to pay salaries and pensions of workers.

He said: “I started the Imo state case in Enugu and upon my deployment to this zone, the investigations of corruption allegations against the former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, was transferred from the Enugu zone to Port Harcourt for further investigations.

“Within the period, the commission succeeded in freezing about in different accounts. All the monies that were released to Imo State government were from the N7.9bn recovered from Okorocha. The monies were released in batches.

“N2.7bn was released in March for salaries. In the PDP government of Emeka Ihedioha, excess of N2.5bn upon series of writings and our insistence of monitoring it was released to pay salaries and pensions because they were monies recovered from the state so it has to go back to the state.

“Then the government of Emeka left and this government came, we had a remnant of the money in excess of N2bn. We were able to release N514milion just last month because excess of about N1.8bn is encumbered with a court process. Contractors went to court and targeted the funds. The process is lingering. They still have excess of N1.8bn that is not released”. 

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Obaseki Eliminated from APC Primary

Governor Obaseki

Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki has been disqualified from participating in the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) primary election scheduled for June 22nd.

The embattled governor was disqualified by the screening committee for the Party’s governorship primary.

Jonathan Ayuba, chairman of the screening committee, said this while presenting his report to Adams Oshiomhole, APC national chairman, at the national secretariat in Abuja on Friday, June 12th.

Oshiomhole is believed to be behind his ordeal and also believed to be interested in the emergence of Ize Iyamu as the party’s governorship flagbearer for the state.

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Army trains officers on new equipment

As part of efforts to consolidate on the gains of its fight against Boko Haram terrorism in the Northeast, the Nigerian Army has organized a training for its officers in Bauchi on the new battle tanks and other sophisticated war equipment acquired by the federal government.

Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai declared the training open Thursday in Bauchi at the Nigerian Army armoured school. 

DAILY POST reports that general Buratai also inspected the living accommodations of the officers destroyed by rainstorm in the shadawanka barracks Bauchi and the new officers’ quarters, tagged Tukur Yusuf Buratai village, currently under construction at the barracks. 

However during the visit, the Chief of Army staff delegated the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa to address the press on his behalf.

Musa explained that there were over 155 students in the State undergoing course on how to handle the newly acquired battle tanks, saying the new war equipment was purchased to enable soldiers to crush the remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists in the region.

According to him, the Nigerian troops have in the last two months killed over 1,015 Boko Haram militants, adding that within the period under review, there has been no major terrorist activity in the entire North east. 

For the last four months, we have not had any major case of terrorist activity. What we have majorly is terrorists inactivity as if they are non-existent.

“Just last week when the Chief of army staff addressed Soldiers, officers and even His Excellency governor of Borno state was there during the sallah lunch with troops, he mentioned that in the last two months, over 1,015 terrorists were neutralized. And that is a big success.

“This is translated in the fact that we have not seen any major terrorist activity in the north east at the moment,” he said. 

He opined that the training would have a serious impact in the battle against terrorists in Nigeria, assuring that after the first batch of the training, more soldiers would undergo similar courses. 

He urged members of the public to continue to provide useful information to the Nigerian Army on any suspected terrorist activities so that they can respond in good time. 

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