The Imo State government has recovered the Royal Palm Estate along Akachi road, which she allegedly acquired while her husband Rochas was governor.
The seizure followed the directive of the Imo State gazette on the report of the Judicial Commission of Enquiry on recovery of lands and other related matters.
The Commissioner for Lands, Mr. Enyinnaya Onuegbu, who led the team that took the estate allegedly acquired by the ex-governor’s wife, said the government has sealed off the place till further notice.
Unuegbu said: “This is as a result of the recommendation of the commission that all illegal lands and structures acquired by the administrations between 2006 and 2019 should be taken over by the government.”
He vowed that the government will not rest on its oars in recovering “stolen” properties of the State especially those carted away by the previous administrations.
Rochas Okorocha and wife Nkechi
The Commissioner added that in line with the 3R mantra initiative of Governor Hope Uzodinma, the State must continue to work with the relevant laws and recommendations of government agencies and commissions regardless of whose ox is gored.