Nigeria’s EFCC reportedly stormed Ogboko and arrested Rochas Okorocha, his wife, Nkechi Okorocha, Gerald Okorocha and Okey Okorocha. The commission is reported to have also sealed his Eastern Palm University, Ogboko, according to Daily Trust.
The governor’s arrest on Thursday, May 30, 2019 comes just a day after he left his position as governor since he was first elected in 2011.
Okorocha had long complained that the EFCC was being used by his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), to persecute him due to his rift with national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. He accused the anti-graft agency of operating different schemes to frustrate his government including freezing the state’s account.
The EFCC is yet to release an official statement on the former governor’s reported arrest, but his case is similar to that of former Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, who was detained on the same day his tenure expired last year. Unlike Okorocha, Fayose turned himself in to the agency and is currently fighting charges relating to money laundering.