Tsohon Gwamnan jihar Delta, Ifeanyi Okowa, har yanzu ana kasa a ofishin EFCC a Port Harcourt, jihar Rivers. Haka yake ya kasa dare na biyu a kuliya na hukumar yaki da zamba na kuwa fuskantar kasa.
Okowa, wanda ya kasance mataimakin dan takarar shugaban kasa na jam’iyyar PDP a zaben 2023, Atiku Abubakar, ya je ofishin EFCC a ranar Litinin, bayan gayyatarsa daga boko na masu bincike game da zamba da aka zarge shi da shi na N1.3 triliyan.
An kama shi kuma aka kulle shi. Masu shaida sun ce tsohon gwamnan kuma an zarge shi da kasa baya bayyana asalin kudin N40 biliyan da aka ce ya yi amfani da su wajen siyan hissa a UTM Floating Liquefied Natural Gas.
Wata tsohuwar masu shaida ta ce, “Kuma an zarge shi da siyan hissa N40 biliyan a daya daga cikin bankunan manyan kasar, wanda ke wakiltar asali na takwas don kafa LNG a waje. An ce kudin an yi amfani da su wajen manufar daban.
“Masu bincike kuma suna binciken zamba da aka ce tsohon gwamnan ya yi wajen siyan gine-gine a Abuja da Asaba a jihar Delta.”
Wata tsohuwar masu shaida wacce ta sani da harkar ta ce wa wakilin jaridar a ranar Talata cewa tsohon gwamnan har yanzu ba a sallame shi ba saboda yawan zargu da aka yi masa.
Ta ci gaba da cewa, “Har yanzu muna kula da shi, yake da mu. Binciken yana ci gaba kuma a baya a rana aka gabatar da wasu zargu a gare shi.
“Muna kula da shi saboda yawan zargu da kudin da aka shiga ciki. Munan so ya amsa zargu.”
Sakataren yada labarai na APC a jihar Delta, Valentine Onojeghuo, a cikin sanarwa a ranar Talata ya nemi EFCC ta ci gaba da binciken da take yi na mu’amalar kudi na tsoffin gwamnoni da jami’an gwamnati.
Sanarwar ta karanta: “A APC mun karbi da farin ciki kama tsohon gwamnan, wanda ya kula da daya daga cikin mafi mawuyacin hali na kasa baya bayyana kudade a lokacin mulkinsa na shekaru takwas.
“Gwamnatinsa ta ce ta kwashe kayan jihar a harkokin kai. Kama tsohon gwamnan ya yi ya zama karamin kasa baya bayyana kudade, wanda ya sa aka ce shi ‘Borrow Borrow Governor’.
“A lokacin mulkinsa na shekaru takwas, jihar Delta ba ta da abin da za ta nuna daga kudaden tarayya da aka samu. Hanyoyin da ya gina wanda aka yiwa sunan ‘roadmaster’ sun lalace kwarai.”
