Court Remands Okorocha In EFCC Custody
Category: Nigeria News
A former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has been remanded in the custody
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission pending the determination of
his bail application.
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High
Court in Abuja gave the remand order on Monday.
A chieftain of the
All Progressives Congress and an ally to the ex-governor, Anyim Chinenye, is
expected to join Okorocha in the EFCC custody.
Okorocha, Chinenye
and five companies were arraigned on 17 counts of money laundering filed by
the EFCC.
Ekwo adjourned till Tuesday for the hearing of the bail
applications by Okorocha and Chinenye.
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