Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha says contrary to stories being
peddled by the opposition in his state, he'd bought his private jet
before becoming a governor, an indication that he did not use the
state's money to buy one. The governor said this after some politicians
in the state asked him to sell his private jet and use the proceed to
address unpaid salaries of civil servants in the state. Okorocha's
reaction is contained in a statement released by his Chief Press
Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, today August 27th. Read it after the cut...
"As a government, we want to deny with high sense of honesty that since
May 29, 2011 when Owelle Rochas Okorocha became governor, he has never
bought any private Jet either directly or by proxy. Having made this
denial let those behind the allegation make their facts public to fault
our denial.
“The period Governor Rochas Okorocha bought Jets was years before he was
elected, during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime when some of the
presidential jets were auctioned. The governor bought jets then under
the aegis of Lamonde Aviation, alongside few other Nigerians. Since he
became governor, he has never bought any private Jet. Again, the Debit
Management Agency penultimate week published the states and their
respective debt profiles. And in the case of Imo State, they published
N37 billion which was far from the hundreds of billions the opponents of
the government have been claiming to be the debt status of the state.
And the N37 billion debt include the ones owed by the previous
administrations. The good story is that we have been vindicated on
that.”the statement read
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