EFCC Detains Ohakim For Over Seven Hours, Quizzes Lamido - Politics

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EFCC Detains Ohakim For Over Seven Hours, Quizzes Lamido by ogahlouiskid18(op): 3:11am On Jun 19, 2015

A former Imo State governor, Ihedi Ohakim,
was on Thursday arrested by operatives of
the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission.
Ohakim, who was scheduled to visit the
EFCC office in Abuja on Wednesday, had
shunned the anti-graft agency’s invitation to
answer questions on fraud he allegedly
perpetuated while he was in office.
But when he shunned theEFCC invitation,
operatives of the agency invaded his
residence in Asokoro, Abuja where he was
arrested on Thursday morning.
He was subsequently taken to the EFCC
headquarters where he was subjected to
many hours of grilling over allegations of
corruption and embezzlement.
Sources at the EFCC said that the former
governor was specifically questioned on why
he allegedly used the state funds to acquire
choice property in many locations.
He was later released around 4.30pm and is
expected to be summoned soon to answer
more questions and provide clarifications.
The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren,
confirmed that Ohakim was arrested and
quizzed in respect of an investigation into
corrupt enrichment by the ex-governor who
led Imo State between 2007 and 2011.
“Ohakim was released and allowed to go,
we will call him whenever we need him,”
Uwujaren stated.
Similarly, the commission interrogated a
former governor of Jigawa State, Sule
Lamido, in a case of money laundering,
embezzlement and funds misappropriation
involving him and his children.
The commission had earlier invited the
former governor, but he did not honour the
summons because he was out of the
country.
Uwujaren confirmed that Lamido was at the
anti-graft agency’s office for interrogation in
an investigation being pursued by the
commission.
The EFCC had in recent weeks woke up from
its lethargy and stepped up its investigations
into cases of corrupt enrichment and
embezzlement by former governors.
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