Rundunar Yaki da Cin Hanci da Rashawa ta Najeriya (EFCC) ta shigar da karar zamba mai dauke da kananan laifuka 16 a kan tsohon gwamnan jihar Abia, Theodore Orji, da dansa, Chinedum, bisa zargin satar kudi har Naira biliyan 47.
An gurfanar da Orji tare da dansa da tsohon kwamishinan kudi na jihar Abia, Dr. Philip Nto, da mai kwangila, Obioma King, da kuma tsohon daraktan kudi na jihar, Romas Madu, a gaban babbar kotun jihar Abia a ranar Jumma’a.
EFCC ta zargi Orji da sauran wadanda ake tuhuma da satar Naira biliyan 22.5 da aka ware don kudaden tsaro daga 2011 zuwa 2015. Haka kuma, suna zargin su da satar Naira biliyan 13 daga wani lamuni da bankin Diamond ya bayar.
Bugu da kari, an zargi wadanda ake tuhuma da canza Naira biliyan 12 daga kudaden da aka dawo daga Paris Club, da Naira biliyan 10.5 daga wani lamuni da First Bank ta bayar, da Naira biliyan 2 daga asusun babban bankin Najeriya da aka ware wa kananan kasuwanci.
Duk da haka, wadanda ake tuhuma sun musanta zargin. Lauyoyin su, Bode Olanipekun, SAN, da Chikaosulu Ojukwu, SAN, sun shigar da bukatar bayar da belin wadanda ake tuhuma, wanda EFCC bata yi wa wannan bukatar adawa ba.
Bayan wani dan lokaci na tsayawa, babban alkalin jihar Abia, Justice Lilian Abai, ta bayar da belin wadanda ake tuhuma tare da dage shari’ar zuwa ranar 18 da 19 ga watan Yuni, 2025, don ci gaba da shari’ar. Wannan hukunci na iya zama abin lura ga duk masu ruwa da tsaki a fannin siyasa da kuma yaki da cin hanci a Najeriya.