A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to admit a former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, to bail, pending the determination of a suit he instituted against the Federal Government.

Thelagostimes gathered that Justice Inyang Ekwo declined the request by the former governor to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release him on bail.

According to reports, Okorocha, who is the Senator representing Imo West in the National Assembly, had filed an ex-parte application in which he predicated his bail request on the ground that he is a presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and that his political ambition would be jeopardized unless granted bail.

Recall that Thelagostimes had earlier reported that operatives of the EFCC arrested Okorocha hours after laying siege at his residence in Abuja.

EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, had disclosed that the EFCC had, on January 24, 2022, filed a 17-count criminal charge bordering on diversion of public funds and properties to the tune of N2.9billion against Okorocha.

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