BY: NewsPeddlers
The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has broken into the residence of Senator
Rochas Okorocha in Abuja after gunshots were heard in the vicinity.
It is not yet clear
if anyone was injured from the shots.
The EFCC insisted that journalists must leave the premises, forcefully ejecting everyone in the residence, Channel reports.
The operative also
used teargas to disperse journalists from the scene.
The
EFCC had arrived Okorocha’s residence in Maitama to effect his arrest on
Tuesday.
According to the
agency, Okorocha had refused to “honour invitations after jumping the
administrative bail earlier granted him by the Commission.”
But Okorocha, who
is running for President under the platform of the All Progressives Congress,
accused the agency of holding him hostage in his own home.
Speaking
exclusively to Channels Television, he also asked the EFCC to produce an arrest
warrant.
The EFCC had on
January 24, 2022 filed a 17-count criminal charge bordering on diversion of
public funds and properties to the tune of N2.9billion against Okorocha.
The case was
assigned to Honourable Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja but
attempts to arraign Senator Okorocha were twice stalled owing to the absence of
the ex-governor who evaded service of processes.
At
the last adjourned date, March 28th, 2022, Justice Ekwo before adjourning until
May 30th, 2022, had warned that it was “the last adjournment I shall grant in
this matter”.
According to the
EFCC, it was “left with no option than to effect the arrest of Senator Okorocha
and bring him to trial.”
SOURCE: CHANNEL