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 and
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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