EFCC releases Okorocha after two nights in custody

Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday after spending two nights in detention.

Okorocha’s aide disclosed that the former governor and senator was released around 5:45 pm on Thursday, and that he has returned to his Maitama residence in Abuja.

The spokesman of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, said he would get back on the development when contacted.

It would be recalled that the EFCC operatives, on Tuesday, arrested Okorocha at about 4:10 pm at his Unity House office located at Garki, Abuja.

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