Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, on Thursday said he bought his
private jets before he became governor in 2011, contrary to publications
in the media that he has bought two private jets since he was elected
into office.
Okorocha, who was reacting to statement by workers in the state that he
should sell his private jets and use the proceeds to pay their salary
arrears, described the allegation as a total falsehood fabricated by
those who are bent on discrediting his achievements.
In a statement signed by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam
Onwuemeodo, the state government said, “as a government, we want to deny
with high sense of honesty that since May 29, 2011 when Owelle Rochas
Okorocha became governor, he has never bought any private Jet either
directly or by proxy. Having made this denial let those behind the
allegation make their facts public to fault our denial.
“The period Governor Rochas Okorocha bought Jets was years before he was
elected, during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime when some of the
presidential jets were auctioned. The governor bought jets then under
the aegis of Lamonde Aviation, alongside few other Nigerians. Since he
became governor, he has never bought any private Jet.”
The statement added: “Again, the Debit Management Agency penultimate
week published the states a*nd their respective debt profiles. And in
the case of Imo State, they published N37 billion which was far from the
hundreds of billions the opponents of the government have been claiming
to be the debt status of the state. And the N37 billion debt include
the ones owed by the previous administrations. The good story is that we
have been vindicated on that.”
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