The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has finally arrested the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, after a long siege to his Maitama residence in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday.
Security operatives who accompanied the EFCC officers shot sporadically to disperse a crowd of supporters who had come to show solidarity for the embattled former governor.
Before his arrest EFCC forcefully evacuated everyone inside his sprawling Maitama mansion. The also used teargas to disperse journalists in the premises.
Senator Okorocha is being accused of refusal to invitation after jumping an administrative bail granted him by the EFCC following allegation that he diverted N2.9 billion public funds.
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