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OKOROCHA LOOTED IMO STATE, LEFT A DEEP HOLE OF CORRUPTION, IHEDIOHA EXPLODES, GIVES SHOCKING DETAILS

Afnews Editor

Jul 18, 2019

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The Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, on Thursday, accused his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha of crippling the state through "massive looting."

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Ihedioha alleged that Okorocha looted the state's purse and left it in a "deep hole of corruption and mindless misappropriation."

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Addressing Imo State stakeholders in Owerri, the Governor insisted that his predecessor's eight years plunged the state into unsustainable debt.

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He said: "Our interim findings show a consistent pattern of massive looting and stripping of public assets, dismantling and carting away of public property such as electric poles, vehicles, trucks, office equipment and furniture etc.

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"There were last-minute illegal sales of government property at giveaway prices and unlawful allocation of land including backdating of Certificates of Occupancy."

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The governor stated that the state was faced with over N100 billion naira debt with "nothing to show for it."

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Disclosing that the state government has received over 30 billion Naira worth of Garnishee Orders from contractors, the Imo State governor said the contracts were fraudulently awarded by Okorocha's government.

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"I must inform you in this regard that, so far we have received over 30 billion Naira worth of Garnishee Orders arising from several ill-conceived and fraudulent contractual agreements deliberately consummated by the past administration, to destroy the future of the State and its teeming population by fettering the State in a humongous debt trap," Ihedioha said.

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