By Fatimah Alli
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested and kept Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, former governor of Delta State in custody over allegations of misappropriation of billions of naira during his tenure.
The arrest, which took place in Port Harcourt, follows investigations into alleged embezzlement of state funds.
Nigeria’s anti-graft body alleged that Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa diverted N1.3 trillion, representing 13% derivation fund from the federation account between 2015 and 2023.
He was apprehended on Monday, November 4, 2024, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following his appearance at the Port Harcourt Directorate of the EFCC on the invitation of investigators handling his case.
Okowa was alleged to have failed to render accounts of the funds as well as another N40 billion he allegedly claimed was set aside to acquire shares in UTM Floating Liquefied Natural Gas.
The Pinnacle Times gathered that Efcc is conducting innvestigation over alleged diversion of funds by the former governor to acquire estates in Abuja and Asaba in Delta state.
Okowa is being held at the EFCC holding facility in Port Harcourt.
Okowa, a medical doctor by profession was the running mate to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election.
Meanwhile, some Nigerias have reacted to the development in different ways to present their feelings.
Blinski stated via X: “He sacrificed the entire fortunes of the state to fund the war chest of PeeDeePee while the state languishes in penury…
“That axis of has products like meffy and this guy whose actions tend more towards stoopidety rather than fraud… The Richest state in the country is a slum.
Ihéanāchó on his part chriticized the governor for its failure to arrest former governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State for over sixonths now. “APC and corruption,” he said
And Greg simply said, “the more lyou ok , the most you see.”
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