Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has set up a judicial panel of inquiry tasked with recovering government properties from the state government officials who served under the administration of his predecessor, Okezie Ikpeazu.
The Secretary to the State government (SSG), Kenneth Kalu, announced the setting up the judicial panel of inquiry in a statement on Friday.
A judge of the State High Court Umuahia, Florence Duruoha-Igwe, was named the panel chairperson.
According to the statement, other panel members include Ekeoma Ogwo, a professor; Ugochukwu Okoroafor, Alex Okonkwo, a catholic priest] and Ngozi Akanwa, a professor.
Mr Otti, earlier this month, had ordered former state officials to return the government’s properties in their possession or face sanctions.
The SSG did not mention the names of the former officials, but it is believed that he was referring to government officials who served under Mr Ikpeazu.
