Tun da yammacin ranar Juma’a, tsohon Gwamnan jihar Delta, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, ya sami ‘yanci bayan ya yi kwana biyar a kurkuku na Hukumar Yaki da Yiwa Tattalin Arzikin Kasa Ta’annati (EFCC) kan zargin tafasa kudin jihar da ya kai N1.3 triliyan.
Labarin daurin kurkuku na Okowa ya zama abin tattaunawa a manyan wuraren taro na ayyuka a jihar, musamman a babban birnin jihar, Asaba. Bayan dawowar aiki ranar Litinin, shi ne batun da ya fi shahara a tsakanin ma’aikata, suna neman sanin inda tsohon gwamnansu yake da abin da ya faru a karshen mako.
Tambayoyi da suka fi yawa sun hada da: “Okowa har yanzu a kurkuku na EFCC ne? Okowa ya fita daga kurkuku na EFCC ne?” “Wane ne mutanen da ke behind da kama shi?” da sauran su.
Gwamnan jihar Delta, Sheriff Oborevwori, ya fitar da sanarwa ta hanyar wakilinsa, Darakta Janar na Bude Idanun Jihar Delta da Sadarwa, Latimore Oghenesivbe. Ya ce Okowa ba shi da laifi har sai an nuna shi a gaban kotu.
Oghenesivbe ya ce, “A madadin gwamnati, ina neman Deltans su yi addu’a ga Okowa a lokacin da yake fuskantar wannan matsala. Okowa ba shi da laifi har sai an nuna shi a gaban kotu. Kama tsohon gwamna Okowa na EFCC ba ya lalata sunanarsa na daraja.
“EFCC tana kawo masu zarginsu ne kan zarginsu na laifuka, wanda zai iya zama gaskiya ko karya, kuma doka ta amince da laifin kowa har sai an nuna shi a gaban kotu.
“Labarin kama tsohon gwamna Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa na EFCC ya zama abin tattaunawa kan rahotannin wata sektion na kafofin yada labarai na gargajiya.
“Babu dalili ya tsoron ko tsoratarwa. Shi ne taro da aka kafa a harkokin laifuka don kawo masu zarginsu ne kan zarginsu na laifuka a matsayin koke ga hukumar.
“Kama ba shi da laifi, ba hukunci daga kotun da ta cancanta ba. Zarginsu zai shiga kotu ko kotuna a lokacin da bukata ta taso. Mu himma mu rike yatsuna.
Kungiyoyi biyu na kare hakkin dan Adam, Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum da International Human Rights Commission, sun kashewa kama Okowa na EFCC, suna masa laifi na siyasa.
Shugaban Anti-Corruption and Integrity Forum da mamba a kwamitin IHRC, Prince Kpokpogri, a wata taron manema labarai a Abuja, ya tambayi yadda EFCC take aiki.
Ya ce, Okowa ya kamata a yabeshe saboda nuna maturation, a bangaren tsohon Gwamnan jihar Kogi, Yahaya Bello, wanda ya ki kama shi na kai shi gaban kotu.
