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Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has alleged that former Governor Rochas Okorocha approved and used about N11.2 billion to build ultra-modern police headquarters and hospitals donated to the military, projects under Federal Government’s purview.
Ihedioha made the allegation in a statement titled: How Rochas Okorocha Robbed Imo to Pay Abuja issued by his Special Assistant on Research, Ogu Bundu Nwadike.
He said Imo people were denied the funds, which could have impacted on them in the most desired areas of need, then channelling such resources to the constitutionally excluded projects for state governments.
“On the day Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visited Imo State on his tour of oil-producing states, Okorocha in his welcome address told the audience that Imo State did not benefit anything from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government.
“Okorocha narrated how in spite of the fact that Imo State is an APC State, it received no special benefit from the Federal Government.
“Ironically, he went ahead to use N 11.2b to build a house for the Federal Government as Headquarters of the Nigeria Police. He also gave out a number of General Hospitals to the Nigerian Army, Navy and Air Force.
“That is a case of robbing Imo to pay Abuja. How could a governor who couldn’t attract anything from the central government be building structures with lean State resources and giving them out to the Federal Government?” the statement reads.