While the office of the Imo State Governor’s wife, Mrs. Nkechi Okorocha, is yet to come out with an official figure of cash recently stolen from the office by a security aide, reports indicate the cash may be in excess of N37million and not the N8.5m reported earlier.
Consequently, a group under the platform of Imo Transparency Initiative (ITI) has requested that Mrs Okorocha account for the stolen cash which it described as tax-payers’ money lying recklessly in the office of a woman who is not even entitled to an imprest.
The group led by Comrade Nkem Abaka, expressed dismay that funds far greater than the imprest of several ministries and parastatals should be found in the office of the Mrs Okororcha. Abaka argued that the office of the governor’s wife is not recognized by law and has no business lodging such large amount of cash.
The group called for an investigation into the matter, saying that pointing accusing fingers at the fleeing Policeman is not enough as questions should be asked over such wanton abuse of public funds. Meanwhile, New Telegraph has reliably gathered that Mrs Okorocha has since sacked all police personnel in her office.
Source: New Telegraph
