A former governor of Imo State Mr. Ikedi Ohakim, has been arrested over alleged fraud.
GoldenNewsNg gathered that he was arrested for allegedly defrauding a businesswoman, Chinyere Amuchinwa of over N500 million.
Mrs Amuchinwa in a petition forwarded to the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and the Department of State Services, accused Ikedi Ohakim of not only defrauding her but obtained money from her under false pretence.
According to Amuchinwa, Ikedi Ohakim was also accused threatening her life.
According to reports, based on the petition, the police arrested Ikedi Ohakim and later granted him administrative bail.
The Police has since concluded investigations and is set to charge Ohakim to court.
According to the Petition, Amuchinwa claims that she met the former governor in her hometown Arondizuogu, Imo State, at the funeral of Chief Raphael Obioha’s wife where the widower introduced her as an industrious and successful businesswoman.
She further stated that they exchange contacts that day, she added that the former governor called her and requested to hold a meeting with her in her home in Lagos and she obliged.
Her petition, which was signed by her attorney, Mr Ifeanyichukwu Obasi-Nweze, read in parts: “At the meeting, Ikedi Ohakim told our client that he had land for sale; he showed our client a large expanse of land in Lagos-spanning from the Ikeja Airport to the filling station along Ikeja Airport road.”
“He purportedly made phone calls to the former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola, whom he claimed was negotiating to repurchase the land from him when he was governor of Imo State.”
“After showing the client the said land, Ikedi Ohakim started demanding money in bits from our client. On some of the days, Ikedi Ohakim pretended to be talking to somebody regarding funds he was expecting, only to revert to our client to request for more monies with a promise that once he concluded the sale of the land in question, he would reimburse our client.”
“On one of the occasions, Ikedi Ohakim pretended to be talking to somebody in Dubai about funds the person was to send to him; he then told the person to be careful because the authorities were monitoring funds from abroad.”
“The petition stated that at the end of the transaction, Amuchinwa allegedly released the total sum of N500 million in cash and goods to Ohakim.”
“Amuchinwa added that the transaction fell through after Ohakim allegedly failed to provide the land in question.”
“However, in response to the allegations, Ohakim, in a statement through his Political Adviser, Emmanuel Chukwu, described the allegations as ‘laughable’.
