EFCC Shoots, Breaks Into Okorocha’s Resident To Arrest Him After Hours of Siege.

EFCC Shoots, Breaks Into Okorocha’s Resident To Arrest Him After Hours of Siege.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has broken into the resident of former Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha and arrested him after firing shots and laying siege on his house for several hours.

The anti-graft agency’s agents and several armed policemen were seen at strategic locations in and outside the premises laying siege on Okorocha’s Maitama home at 11.30 am. They barricaded the entrance gate with their vehicles and fired gunshots in an attempt to disperse supporters protesting the arrest of the senator.

The former governor who was prevented from attending his presidential screening as an APC presidential aspirant described the siege as an ugly development when briefing reporters before his eventual arrest.

“The situation I find myself in is a situation of what I call hostage.”

“Policemen and EFCC operatives are currently in my compound to possibly whisk me away and my gate is blocked.

‘’All I am asking is to be allowed to go for my screening because I am a presidential aspirant and our election comes up on Sunday. If I am not allowed to go for this screening, I might miss it.

‘’I am not an unknown person in the country. I have an address and people know me in the country.

“All it takes for the EFCC is to send me an invitation and I will gladly oblige.’’ He said.

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EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren however explained on Tuesday that the reason behind the anti-graft agency’s action was because Okorocha had refused to honour invitations after jumping administrative bail.

“The move followed the refusal of the former governor to honour invitations after jumping the administrative bail earlier granted him by the Commission.

“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 statement as made available on Twitter by Uwajaren partly reads. Uwujaren claims that the Commission was left with no other option but to effect the arrest of Senator Okorocha and bring him to trial.