text: After Declaring For President, EFCC Files N2.9bn Fraud Charges Against Okorocha
  Home News After Declaring For President, EFCC Files N2.9bn Fraud Charges Against Okorocha
  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed N2.9 billion charges for fraud against former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha.
  This is coming just hours after the former governor officially declared his presidential bid for 2023.
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  Charged alongside Okorocha was Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, Naphtali International Limited, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited, Consolid Projects Consulting Limited, Pramif International Limited, and Legend World Concepts Limited.
  The EFCC in the 17 counts filed on Monday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, alleged that they conspired to steal N2.9 billion public funds.
  Recall that Okorocha was in April 2019 grilled by EFCC for two days over alleged financial fraud.
  Okorocha was also grilled by the EFCC in August 2019 after tracing some properties to him, including residential estates, schools, and shopping malls.
  The sealed property and investments traced to Okorocha in July 2019 were Rochas Foundation College, Owerri, East High Primary and Secondary school, Owerri which belonged to Okorocha's first daughter, Uloma Nwosu, and All-In Supermarket, Owerri, Imo State.
  The EFCC had in the run-up to the last general election placed Okorocha under investigation for allegedly withdrawing over N1bn from the state government coffers to aid the campaign activities of his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, during the governorship polls in Imo state.
  The Accountant-General, Uzoho Casmir, was also arrested for allegedly assisting Okorocha to withdraw the funds.