The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission finally arrested a former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha.
This is coming after a long siege to his Maitama residence in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday.
The EFCC officers whisked the embattled former governor away at exactly 06:48 pm in their vehicle after breaking into his living room.
Minutes before the officers broke in, Okorocha, in a live video made on his official Facebook Page, said officers of the commission had broken all his bulletproof doors.
He said: “The EFCC operatives are here with some gunmen and they have broken all my bulletproof doors. This may be my last appearance because I don’t know what they want to do.”
Okorocha and his family members could be seen in the video running around the living room in fear of the officers who were banging on the door leading to the living room.
In a statement on Tuesday, Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC’s spokesperson, said they were at the house in order to bring the former governor to stand trial before a federal high court in Abuja.
At the residence, things took a different turn after female supporters of the Imo west senator thronged the premises, singing and chanting Okorocha’s praises.
The women had come to protest the continued siege on Okorocha’s residence by the operatives, demanding an end to the siege.
The security operatives then fired into the air after the supporters refused to leave when they were asked to.
The operatives also chased everyone away, including staff of the senator and journalists.
The EFCC had, on January 31, filed a 17-count charge against the former Imo governor before a federal high court in Abuja.
According to the EFCC, the former Imo governor who is seeking to contest the presidency, allegedly conspired with others, including a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and five companies to steal N2.9 billion in public funds.
Aside from Okorocha, other defendants listed are Anyim Nyerere Chinenye, Naphtali International Limited, Perfect Finish Multi Projects Limited, Consolid Projects Consulting Limited, Pramif International Limited, and Legend World Concepts Limited.
