Court grants interim forfeiture of properties illegally acquired by Okorocha
All properties allegedly illegally acquired by the former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha have been temporarily forfeited.
This is because a high court sitting in Owerri, the Imo State capital has granted an application filed Louis Alozie,(SAN) seeking interim forfeiture of the properties.
The suit, with case No. HOW/ 191/ 202 had the former Governor’s wife,Mrs Nkechi Okorocha Incorporated Trustees of Rochas Foundation and Senator Rochas Okorocha as 1st ,2nd, and 3rd respondents respectively against the Attorney- General of Imo state.
The properties applied by Alozie (SAN) for forfeiture include Eastern Palm University,Ogboko,, Royal Spring Palm Hotels and Apartments,IBC staff quaters illegally acquired for the purpose of Rochas Foundation College Owerri, Magistrate Quaters,Orlu road/ Cooperative Office/ Girls Guide illegally converted to private use housing Market Square, Kilimanjaro eatery, public building plot B/2 Otamiri South Extension Layout given to the Ministry of Women Affairs for establishing a skills acquisition centre for women illegally acquired for the benefit of Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha’s all in Stall,Aba road.
Others include Plot P5 Naze Residential Layout initially part of Primary School Management Board but now annexed to All- in Stores,Aba Road belonging to Mrs Nkechi Okorocha and all the properties contained from pages 226-272 of the Governmentt White Paper on the recommendations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Land Administration in Imo state from June 2006-2019..
