{"id":14103,"date":"2019-08-13T15:27:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=14103"},"modified":"2019-08-13T15:27:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:27:52","slug":"ihedioha-reveals-why-he-is-after-okorocha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/ihedioha-reveals-why-he-is-after-okorocha","title":{"rendered":"Ihedioha reveals why he is after Okorocha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has told Nigerians not to see the current probe of his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, as an act of witch-hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Ihedioha stated this while speaking to journalists in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, after he paid a condolence visit to the state Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, over the death of his father.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor noted that he was awaiting the outcome of the probe report and insisted such investigation was necessary to make Imo State better.<\/p>\n<p>Ihedioha also clarified that the recent revelations about the recovery of N1.2bn and some properties by the state government from the immediate past administration did not emanate from him.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said, \u201cI don\u2019t think I said all those things. Because I am not witch-hunting the former governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a committee that we set up that is doing all those things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe findings of the committee have not been made known to me. Obviously, this (probe) is to make Imo State better now.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has told Nigerians not to see the current probe of his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, as an act of witch-hunt. Ihedioha stated this while speaking to journalists in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, after he paid a condolence visit to the state Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, over the death of his father. 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