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EFCC finally frees Ex-Gov Samuel Ortom after 10 hours questioning on alleged funds misappropriation
The former governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has finally been released by The Economic Financial Crimes Commision, EFCC after spending over 10 hours at the Anti graft makurdi’s office.
Recall, that the ex-governor appeared at the EFCC zonal office on tuesday morning after being invited for questioning on allegations of financial misappropriation during his 8 years tenure as a governor of Benue state.
After spending the best part of his day at the Commission office, Ortom was seen being driven out of the anti graft agency office in a SUV at around 7pm accompanied by his associates.
However, his media aide Mr. Terver Akase denied the arrest. According to him, Chief Ortom was neither arrested nor detained by EFCC at their zonal headquarter at Makurdi.
Reports gathered have it that Ortom handed over a debt profile of N187.7 billion to the administration of Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia.
Ortom at a brief ceremony held at the old banquet hall of Government House in Makurdi, told Alia that the handover notes in three volumes were a summary of his eight years administration.
The governor explained that the total income of the state during his eight years sojourn amounted to N734.9billion as at April 2023 while the total debt incurred by the state within the period stood at N187.7billion inclusive of unpaid salary, pension arrears, loans and bonds among others.