The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State.
It was gathered that EFCC operatives arrested him in Abuja on Tuesday evening, but he was freed hours later.
Okorocha, who governed Imo between 2011 and 2019, has been accused of embezzlement and misappropriation but he has denied the allegations.
The administration of Governor Hope Uzodinma had sealed some of the property which his wife allegedly acquired illegally.
In February, he landed in a police station in Imo after engaging in a brawl with some government officials over some of his wife’s properties that were confiscated.
This is the first major arrest by the anti-graft agency under the leadership of Abdulrasheed Bawa, chairman of the EFCC.
