The Imo State Government, led by Mr.Emeka Ihedioha, has taken over the Eastern Palm University, Ogboko and converted it to a campus of the Imo State University, Owerri.
The 8th Imo Assembly had passed a law allotting 90 per cent equity shares to trustees of Rochas Foundation and 10 per cent to Imo state government.
Chairman of the Committee on the Review of the newly established tertiary Institution in Imo State, Prof. Jude Njoku, said at a press briefing in Owerri on Wednesday that the committee established a prima facie case, that the institution was established with Imo state funds, leading to the take over by the state.
