The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has invited former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, to appear before it over allegations of fraud for the brief period he was governor.
It was learnt that a July 18th letter signed by the Director, Investigation at EFCC Abdulkarim Chukkol, said it was investigating a case in which they needed to obtain certain information from some state government officials.
“They, therefore, requested the SSG to release the listed officials (names withheld) to attend an interview on August 11, 2025, at the EFCC’s headquarters. They are to be interviewed by the Head, Economic Governance Section -1.
“The staff are to come along with all the payment approvals, vouchers, returns and schedule of payments from May 29, 2019 to 14th January, 2020,” the letter said.
A source which revealed that Ihedioha had been abroad, has returned to honour the EFCC invitation.
It would be recalled that Ihedioha, who is now a member of the ADC, served as governor of Imo State from May 29, 2019 to January 14, 2020, when the Supreme Court nullified his election and declared Hope Uzodinma, winner of the election.
Ihedioha was deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives when Waziri Aminu Tambuwal was Speaker.
LeadNaija learnt that Tambuwal was currently in the commission’s custody yesterday Monday when he responded to the EFCC’s invitation.
The anti-graft agency invited the former governor of Sokoto State to come and explain how he spent N189 billion.
Meanwhile, a Tambuwal’s anonymous associate has alleged that the issue is “100 per cent politics”, recalling that the whole problem started about four months ago when some persons close to the government approached Tambuwal to join the Tinubu train.
“He consulted some of us around him and we wondered how can we in good conscience work with the government with the level of poverty and insecurity bedeviling the country, especially the northern region,” he said.
The source added that after that nothing more was heard of the issue until about three weeks ago when Tambuwal got a letter from the EFCC, saying they were making enquiries about his time as governor of Sokoto State.
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