Operatives na Hukumar Yaki da Rushawa da manyan laifuka ta Tattalin Arziki (EFCC) sun kamata tsohon Gwamnan jihar Delta, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, a ranar Litinin, saboda zargin da ake masu game da karkatar da kudaden asalinshe na asali na N1.3 triliyan.
Okowa, wanda ya kasance mataimakin dan takarar shugaban kasa na jam’iyyar Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a zaben shekarar 2023, ya amsa gayyatarwa daga hukumar EFCC a ofishin su na Port Harcourt, inda aka kama shi da aka tsare shi.
An yi zargin cewa Okowa ya karkatar da kudaden asalinshe na asali tsakanin shekarar 2015 zuwa 2023, lokacin da yake mulki a jihar Delta. Haka kuma an zarge shi da kasa bada lissafin kudaden N40 biliyan da aka ce ya amfani dasu wajen sayen hisa a kamfanin UTM Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG).
Kungiyoyi daban-daban sun wakala kararrar Okowa, suna zarginsa da tsanani siyasi. Wakilan kungiyar ta APC a jihar Delta, Valentine Onojeghuo, ya fitar da sanarwa inda ya nuna goyon bayan kamatawar Okowa, ya kuma bayyana cewa hakan ya nuna cewa lokacin tsanani ba ya nan.
Onojeghuo ya ce, “Mun karbi da farin ciki kamatawar tsohon gwamnan, wanda ya kula da daya daga cikin mafi tsananiyar hali ta karkatar da kudade a lokacin mulkinsa na shekaru takwas.”
