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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has charged the senator representing Imo West and former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha with allegations that he conspired with others, including an APC politician and five companies, to steal N2.9 billion from public coffers, especially in Imo State.
EFCC filed 17 charges, on Monday, at the Federal High Court, Abuja, court documents exclusively obtained by PREMIUM TIMES show.
Other defendants are, Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, Naphtali International Limited, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited, Consolid Projects Consulting Limited, Pramif International Limited, and Legend World Concepts Limited.
The charges were filed about the same time Mr. Okorocha was declaring his intention to run for the office of the president in 2023, with his co-accused being Mr. Nyerere, open-source searches show, was the APC governorship candidate in the 2015 Abia State election and currently serves as a commissioner at the National Pension Commission.
Anyim Nyerere Chinenye featured in all the 17 charges and is accused of conspiring with Mr. Okorocha to steal and launder N2.9 billion belonging to Imo State and local government areas in the state in contravention of the Money Laundering Act 2011. As CAC searches by PREMIUM TIMES showed, he owns or controls three of the charged companies, namely Consolid, Pramif, and Legend World, all registered in Abuja.
According
to the EFCC charges, the stolen funds were diverted between October 2014 and
February 2016 from the Imo State Government House account and Imo State Joint
Local Government Project account.
Timeline
of the alleged diversions
1.
February 11, 2014: N67,500,000 – conspiracy between Mr Okorocha, Mr Nyerere,
and Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited
2. August 28, 2014: N486,000,000 – conspiracy between Mr Okorocha, Mr Nyerere,
and Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited
3. October 14, 2014: N900,000,000 – conspiracy between Mr Okorocha, Mr Nyerere,
and Naphtali International Limited
4. August 4, 2015: N279,000,000 – conspiracy between Mr Okorocha, Mr Nyerere,
and Naphtali International Limited
5. February 10, 2016: N243,000,000 – conspiracy between Mr Okorocha, Mr
Nyerere, and Consolid Projects Consulting Limited
6. February 10, 2016: N200,000,000 – conspiracy between Mr Okorocha, Mr
Nyerere, and Consolid Projects Consulting Limited
7. February 10, 2016: N243,000,000 – conspiracy between Mr Okorocha, Mr
Nyerere, and Pramif International Limited
8. February 11, 2016: N243,000,000 – conspiracy between Mr Okorocha, Mr
Nyerere, and Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited
9. February 12, 2016: 243,000,000 – conspiracy between Mr Okorocha, Mr Nyerere,
and Legend World Concepts Limited.
Meanwhile, as searches showed, Mr. Nyerere remains a director of Consolid, Pramif, and Legend World even as he holds a public office, potentially breaching Nigeria’s code of conduct laws.
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