Senator Rochas Okorocha has met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House on Thursday over his ambition to become President in 2023.
According to the immediate-past governor of Imo State, he told President Buhari that all the four legacy parties that make up the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) should be carried along in the upcoming national convention of the party. in addition, he added that he also told the President about the injustices meted to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Recall that,
the commission had, on Monday, filed a 17-count charge against the former Imo governor before a federal high court in Abuja.
The charge against Okorocha came hours after he formally declared his intention to run for president.
According to the EFCC, the former Imo governor allegedly conspired with others, including a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and five other companies, to steal N2.9 billion public funds. Speaking with journalists at the state house on Thursday, Okorocha said the charges by the commission are “trumped up to distract him”, adding that a competent court has delivered a judgment restraining the EFCC from prosecuting him.
Okorocha also said he visited Buhari to ask for his intervention on the anti-graft agency’s planned prosecution, and to seek the immediate release of his international passport still being held by the EFCC.
According to him, it is the responsibility of Buhari as president of Nigeria to ensure that justice is served on all citizens, including him. According to him the president has assured him that he will take up the matter to find out what is actually happening.