I am Not Behind Your EFCC Ordeal – Umahi Replies Elechi

Ebonyi State Governor, Chief Dave Umahi, Thursday told his predecessor, Martin Elechi, that he was not behind his persistent interrogation by EFCC over alleged misappropriation of public funds while in office. He was reacting to a secret letter written to him by Elechi rejecting the N29 million Prado SUV car gift he gave to him which leaked recently and also to the allegation by the former governor that he (Umahi) was behind his ordeal in the hands of the anti-graft agency. Umahi was the deputy governor during Elechi’s second tenure. The governor spoke during an Agricultural summit with Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) held at Akanu Ibiam International Conference Centre Abakaliki Thursday. He admitted he was sometimes drafted to a monitoring team if there were engineering difficulties in some projects during Elechi’s tenure, saying he saved the state N1.6 billion when he was drafted to Agba bridge project and equally helped revive Oferekpe water project when it had almost came to a halt Source: Politics