Former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa says his invitation by the EFCC was due to a petition written several months ago.
Okowa, who made this known in a statement in Asaba said the petition was driven by mundane political considerations.
According to him, the petitioners are accusing him of misappropriating N1.3 trillion Oil derivation fund while in office.
He said, “It was a petition written several months ago, but unfortunately, with the politics of our time some people decided to ensure that Okowa must be invited by EFCC.
“People are genuinely uncomfortable about Okowa and I was actually invited and I went there by myself and the first thing I saw was that they said I misappropriated N1.3 trillion and I said, do you know the kind of money you are talking about?
“To successfully take N1.3 trillion, it means you have to be taking between N16 billion and N20 billion every month into your pocket. I don’t even know if the President of this country will be able to do that, not to talk of the governor of Delta State.
