Zonal Head of EFCC, Usman Imam, said this while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt.
Imam, who has been in charge of the ongoing probe of the former governor, said the commission returned over N5.7bn to various administrations in Imo to pay salaries and pensions of workers.
The Zonal EFCC boss said he started the Imo state case in Enugu and upon his deployment to Port Harcourt zone, the investigations of corruption allegations against the former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, was transferred from the Enugu zone to Port Harcourt for further investigations.
Apart from the money recovered from Okorocha, Imam said the Senator’s assets were also identified in Imo and Abuja and seized by the commission.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC added that former Governor of Imo State and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Rochas Okorocha, should be ready for his day in court.
