Forfeiture order on Okorocha’s property a witchhunt, Lawyer alleges

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Barrister Okey Anyikwa one of the Counsels to the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha has described the interim forfeiture order obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on one of the properties belonging to his client as a witch-hunt.

Barrister Anyikwa maintained that the said property was acquired in 2007 before Okorocha became governor of Imo State in 2011.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, gave EFCC, a go-ahead to seize a property in Abuja that belongs to the former Governor after the anti-graft agency said that its investigation revealed that sometime in 2018, Abtisal Global Ltd and Archivisual Solution Ltd,…



Source: Nigerian Tribune