Senator Rochas Okorocha’s daughter, Uloma Nwosu, has stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had no legal grounds to arrest him on May 24.
On Tuesday, The EFCC arrested the senator for jumping bail and evading his trial on a case of N2.9 billion embezzlement from government coffers during his tenure as Imo State governor.
Uloma stated that the EFCC operatives failed to provide any legal document or arrest warrant to justify storming their house in Abuja and forcefully arresting her father in an interview with Arise TV today, May 25.
She said, “The way they (EFCC operatives) had presented themselves did not show that it was something that was official, because there was no legal documents supporting their action. So you could say it was illegal battery or whatever we may call it. At this point, I was also scared as well, because it didn’t look official, it didn’t look like something that was done right. So of course we were afraid for His Excellency’s life, and that is why he requested something that was simple: ‘give us a document, give us a paper, a court order.”
She also claimed that no one has heard from him since his detention on Tuesday around 6.30 p.m.