From George Onyejiuwa

The leadership of Imo State People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to launch a probe into the management of local government allocations in the state.

This is as the main opposition party said that the 27 local government councils had earned a whopping N620b in three years from the federation accounts, and alleged that there are no traces of what or where the funds were deployed.

The PDP lamented that ‘it is astonishing’ that the 27 Imo LGAs had received a sum of over N13 billion monthly in 2025, N9 billion in 2024, and N7 billion in 2023 from the federation account, and that yet, the councils are in pitiable conditions with no proof of government presence to justify the receipt of such funds.

In a press statement signed by Hon Lancelot Obiaku, State Publicity Secretary, the party is calling on the anti-graft agencies to immediately commence a probe of the chairmen of the 27 local government councils of the state, on what they have spent the allocations received from the federation accounts.

The statement reads, “We acknowledge the statement by EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, in February, emphasizing that local government chairpersons are not exempt from investigation or prosecution for fraudulent activities as they have no immunity.

“We also welcome the information that the Commission has established a Fraud Risk Assessment and Control (FRAC) Department, with officers from the department expected to visit local government councils to monitor the use of funds from the federation account.”

Continuing, the statement read, “The PDP, therefore, urges the EFCC and ICPC to probe Imo LGA chairmen, who were literally appointed by Governor Hope Uzodimma, to explain the whereabouts of the sums they receive monthly as federal allocations. This is especially critical since there are no projects such as schools, markets, construction or rehabilitation of roads, electricity projects, or community healthcare initiatives — nor is there any meaningful intervention ongoing in the name of any LGA in the state.

“The party also calls on the EFCC and ICPC to beam their searchlight beyond the LGA chairmen, who have continued to collude with the state government by maintaining illegal accounts to swindle the state and plunder the commonwealth of its people.”

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