Senator Rochas Okorocha has dragged the members of the seven panels who were set up by Imo State Government, to seriously look into specific activities of the state government, between 2011 and 2019, to the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Included in the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/508/2020, are the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the eight members of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts, and the Attorney-General of Imo State.
Also, Okorocha joined the panel members of Judicial Commission on Lands and Related Matters, chaired by Justice Florence Duruoha-Igwe,members of panel to Investigate the Activities of Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, ISOPADEC, and members of the Panel to Investigate the Status of Newly Established Tertiary Institutions, in the suit.
Others are members of the Investigative Committee for Financial Transactions in Imo State, Committee for the Review of Appointments, Recruitments and Related Matters from 2015 till date, as we as the Committee for the Investigation of the Local Government Areas and Councillors, chaired by Chief Eze Duruiheoma, SAN.
Already, the Registrar of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts, Mr. Emmanuel A. Obi, has been subpoenaed “to produce the testimony of Zigreat Co. Limited, before the Contract Award Tribunal, as represented by Cyracus Duru”.
However, Obi has replied to the subpoena, through Okorocha’s counsel, C. A. N. Osondu, informing the Court that “from the records available in the Secretariat of this Commission, the record sought to be produced, does not exist.”
Meanwhile, the former Cashier in the Accountant General’s Office, Dr. Ethelbert Ojiaku, yesterday, in JUD/CICA/119M/2020, told the Commission that the releases he made to the Director of Accounts, Government House, were not tied to specific projects or contractors.
Court hearing is ongoing between Okorocha and the opposition.
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