Imo state Accountant-General, Sir George Eche, and his Owerri Capital Development Authority counterpart, Hon. Iheanyi Abaekwume, have been relieved of their positions with immediate effect.
According to the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor, who confirmed this story, Eche who had occupied the Accountant General Office for some time now was redeployed to the Ministry of Works as Permanent Secretary, while Abaekwume was sacked outright.
Although the reasons for their sack were not immediately known as at the time of filing this report, Blueprint gathered that Eche was sacked because of gossips from those who felt that they were close to Governor Rochas Okorocha, while Abaekwume was sacked as a result of alleged administrative excesses which had brought the governor and his friends into collision course.