The Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has said that his association with Chika Augustine Odionyemma, one of the 78 Nigerians indicted in the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation last Thursday, was purely on the basis of their common Imo nativity.
Ihedioha explained that he attended some of Odionyemma’s public outreaches because they were based on causes that were also dear to his own heart.
The governor added that, as of the time he appointed the FBI-indicted Odionyemma as a member of his inauguration planning and handover committee, the man had no known case of criminal involvement anywhere in the world.
Odionyemma was appointed as a member of the sub-committee on logistics for then Imo State Governor-Elect Ihedioha’s inauguration. Read more