By Kess Ewubare
The Delta state chapter of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the EFCC to probe the administration of
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for allegedly diverting $10 million bailout funds
belonging to the state.
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| Governor Okowa |
The media had reported that Ifeanyi Okowa,
allegedly tried to launder
$10million bailout funds, through a US-based Nollywood actress, Georgina
Onuoha.
Reacting to the allegation against the
governor, the APC has called on the EFCC to ignore the denial by Okowa and
thoroughly scrutinize the state’s finances, The Eagle Online reports.
The party in a statement issued on Tuesday,
January 31, by its acting spokesman, Leonard Obi, said the recent allegations
against Governor Okowa was a valid reason for the EFCC to dig deeper with
investigation and uncover other possible covert misappropriation by Governor
Okowa who has still not responded to a recent accusation that he, allegedly,
has misappropriated a sum of N48.6b from the statutory allocation due
to Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC).
The party said: “It is obvious to Deltans that under Governor Okowa’s PDP-led government
and indeed, all previous PDP-led administrations, Delta State has nosedived in
all ramifications: economically, educationally and in the quality of its
infrastructure, leaving the state impoverished and left behind on several
development indices.
“In the midst of such extreme insensitivity to
the plight of Deltans, it is awful and disgusting to be reminded of the looting
of Delta State treasury which cabals in previous PDP-led administrations
visited upon the innocent people of Delta State."
The APC alleged that the looting of Delta state
treasury has become another recurring decimal with the Okowa PDP-led
government.
It said called on the governor to clear the air on the
allegation that he misappropriated the sum of N48.6billion DESOPADEC funds.
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Source: Naij.com
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