Since the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha the winner of the governorship election in Imo State, there has been a lot of statement from different quarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), that Governor Rochas Okorocha and his allies were moving some government property to their personal houses; converting government vehicles to personal vehicles.

This has prompted Mr Onwuasoanye FCC Jones, the Media and Publicity Director of Ugwumba Uche Nwosu Campaign Organisation to shade some light to some of the property Okorocha owned and to state unequivocally that Rochas Okorocha was worth not less than fifty billion Naira before he became governor of Imo state. And, he didn’t end his write up without taking a swipe at the Incoming Governor, Rt Hon. Emeka Ihedioha.

Read what Mr Onwuasoanya Jones wrote:

Governor Okorocha was worth nothing less than 50 billion Naira before he became governor in 2011. As a growing lad, Okorocha’s motorcade could keep us staring in awe for more than 20 minutes anytime he passes through Akokwa on his way to Ogboko or anywhere else. He was already one of the biggest property owners in Nigeria before his swearing in as governor of Imo State on May 29th, 2011.

In Owerri alone, Owelle already owned the Spibat construction yard, the two Lamonde (Now Willow Wood) Hotels, Lamonde Printing Press, which was the biggest printing press in Imo State at that time. None of these properties were sold before he became governor. He already owned the Rochas Plaza, the Rochas Convention Center along Ugwu Orji, a number of properties in the New Owerri Area of Owerri, including his private residence around Concorde Hotel.

Governor Okorocha owned the land on which he built the Rochas Foundation Schools along Onitsha Road in Owerri and also owned another large expanse of land on which he built the Ogboko branch of the same school. Anyone who has been around for the past twenty years would remember the long open buses that used to convey the Rochas Foundation children to and from school.

This same Rochas had run for the presidency of this country twice. In 2003, he ran almost successfully for the ANPP ticket, before the leaders of that Party, afraid that Rochas was going to win with a landslide should they allow open voting, decided to go by a controversial consensus arrangement that produced General Muhammadu Buhari as the presidential candidate.

In 2007, he left the Action Alliance which he founded to join the PDP, less than two weeks to their presidential convention and beat many sitting governors and others, including the Late Abubakar Rimi to come second in that national convention. Former governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Baffarawa has recently come out to confess that Rochas actually won the 2003 presidential primaries of the ANPP.

Before 2011, Rochas already had more than 5000 children of the poorest of the poor enrolled in his Rochas Foundation Schools across the six geopolitical zones in the country. He also had hundreds of children he was training in the university. Rochas was already a household name before Emeka Ihedioha sneaked into the House of Representatives, all thanks to the intervention of Atiku Abubakar and other Abuja bigwigs after he was trounced in the primaries of the PDP.

Rochas was already dining with world leaders long before 1999 and commanded a lot of respect across Nigeria as a result of his philanthropic gestures and wide political contacts. Recently, I saw the funeral brochure of his mother who died sometime around 2008 or thereabouts, and he got condolence messages from more than fifty countries across Europe, America’s, Asia and Africa.

Today, some riffraffs who cannot qualify to serve as PAs to Okorocha’s least paid PA before he became governor, are disturbing the internet with annoying posts about missing State government properties. What in the world does Imo State have that will impress Rochas so much that he would want to take them?

By the way, do people remember how the Imo State Government House looked like before Governor Okorocha took over? That place was like a poultry farm, today, it stands out as one of the best Government Houses in the entire Federation.

It is obvious that the PDP is planning to loot some government properties and are desperately seeking to divert attention by putting it on Governor Okorocha. They make themselves appear very silly with such falsehoods, because no reasonable person takes them seriously.

https://www.expressiveinfo.com/okorocha-was-worth-not-less-than-n50billion-before-he-became-governor-onwuasoanya/

That's a lie. Okorocha Looked very wretched when he was contesting that year but now big belle everywhere

True, Okorocha was rich before he became governor but, Baba thief government money join him own like Tinubu and Buhari did .

So okorocha was worth over 350 million dollars before he became governor?

Only N50billion?
I thought Okorocha was worth up to N1trillion and even richer than the whole of Imo state before he became governor.
Imps and criminals.

amaniro:
That's a lie. Okorocha Looked very wretched when he was contesting that year but now big belle everywhere

Politics aside , Okorocha get money before he became governor .. that na true .

But he still thief like Tinubu and Buhari did to add up.

NaijaRoyalty:


Politics aside , Okorocha get money before he became governor .. that na true .

But he thief still thief like Tinubu and Buhari did .

Not up to 50bilion na. It's an open secret anybody running for a political office has to be rich.

all political office holder are one way or the other very rich.Position in nigeria cost billions.Get your Wechat and alipay fund.

50 billion naira is about 138M USD and today he's net worth is over 1.4 billion USD according to online sources.

Now do the math.

Billions of naira is about to be declared missing.... Lol

Myopic Nigerians!

A new assumption has been made.

Even though Rochas was rich before he became governor, he must steal to add to his riches!

Oblige me and let's collectively add to the list, every governor in Nigeria including Wike, Okowa, Udom, Fayose, etc etc.

N50bn with which known business?

Liars are liable to die young

SarkinYarki:
So okorocha was worth over 350 million dollars before he became governor?

I think that figure would be around $150m

50billion,..now over 500 billion. Amuch be him salary again ?

Okoroawusa was a very poor useless man as at 2011 he contested to govern Imo state. It was Emeka Offor, Ifeanyi Uba that bankrolled his election back then to defeat the incumbent Ohakim. Okoroawusa is saying this now to cover up the massive looting he carried out in Imo state.

The same way Ihedioha was sponsored financially by Arthur Eze, maybe tomorrow he will claim that he had 100b before he contested.

Okorocha was a very poor man as at 2011 he contested


The former APGA spokesman, further disclosed how some powerful business moguls from Anambra state bankrolled and assisted Okorocha to become governor in 2011 and reiterated the resolve of the party not to re-admit him.


“We were the people that raised logistics for him to run, which he even admitted in his inauguration. Rochas did not have much money in that election.


“But three principle people brought the money. Ifeany Ubah. He’s still living, Emeka offor and Chief Arthur Eze, all from Anambra state. I’m aware. I was close to the process”.

He added,”These were the people that brought the money for the election. Somebody like Ifeanyi Ubah brought three- hundred million Naira, Emeka offor brought one hundred and fifty million Naira”.

https://www.google.com.ng/amp/dailypost.ng/2018/05/17/apga-church-rejected-rochas-okorocha-party-chieftain-obi-okoye-speaks-readmitting-imo-governor/amp/

Where is the evidence or heavy dent.

Lies

Hhmm

Yeah. Same question should be asked about tinubu. Politicians are thieves.

Well, good for him. So being a governor didn't enrich him. It only added to what he already had. Well, at least we prefer stories like this. unlike people who had no shoes or who had to borrow money to obtain the candidacy form.

Liars, issokay o. Abi e never ssokay?

amaniro:
That's a lie. Okorocha Looked very wretched when he was contesting that year but now big belle everywhere

Shatap!
What Rochas has done for Imolites and Nigerians at large as a private business person, no Nigerian alive can compete with that.

Cool story.

Please check my signature if you got gift cards and btc.

amaniro:
That's a lie. Okorocha Looked very wretched when he was contesting that year but now big belle everywhere

Hahaha, Okorocha wretched 2011? Hate is a terrible thing, it also blinds ones sense of reason.

Mtcheeeeeew.
So why is he hell vent on making his son-in-law take over the government?

okorothief

efcc auppose erect statue for am

amaniro:
That's a lie. Okorocha Looked very wretched when he was contesting that year but now big belle everywhere

oga i hate Rochas but he's a multi billionaire before power

Okorocha that was owing Diamond Bank over 15B Naira before he became the governor of Imo sate and paid Diamond Bank all their debts