Governor Okorocha Denies Buying Private Jet with State Fund

                          

Frustrated Imo State Striking workers demanded on Tuesday,Gov Okorocha private jets be sold and  proceeds use in paying for the backlog of salaries and arrears the state owes them,in a strike that  almost  breakdown social economic activities in the state.
Responding to the allegation yesterday, the state government through a statement signed by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Sam Onwuemeodo, said there is not truth in the allegation, it is all falsehood.


“Therefore, 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 through any proxy.
“The government challenged those behind the allegation to make their facts public to fault their denial,” he said. However, the government said the period Governor Okorocha bought jets was years before his becoming governor, during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration 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 stated.