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Ignore EFCC’s petition against judge, Okorocha urges NJC, Abuja CJ

, Abuja, to discountenance the petition written by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against Honourable Justice Taiwo Taiwo for lack of merit.

He continued that the EFCC is persecuting him, stressing that it is out “to distract, decimate and prevent me from being sworn-in as a Senator representing the good people of Imo West Senatorial District on the 9th of June, 2019 when the 9th National Assembly will be inaugurated.” He noted, “Instead of Magu-led EFCC to prove its case before the Court, having submitted to its jurisdiction, it has resorted to cheap blackmail, needless name-calling and unwarranted arm-twisting, all in a bid to achieve their sinister motive of decimating me by all means.”

 

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