A former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha, on Sunday
alleged that the governor of the State, Hope Uzodinma, attacked him with “more
than 1000 thugs”.
Okorocha and three of his political associates were on
Sunday arrested by the state police command after he and his supporters
together with armed policemen, Soldiers, and the personnel of National Security
and Civil Defence Corps stormed Royal Spring Palm Estate, Owerri, and unsealed
it.
The Estate was linked to his wife, Nkechi Okorocha.
The state government through the State Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Physical Planning, Enyinnaya Onuegbu, had on Friday supervised the sealing of the Estate.
Okorocha’s spokesperson, Sam Onwuemeodo, in a statement on
Sunday, alleged that the governor’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Chinasa
Nwanari, allegedly led thugs who stormed the estate and destroyed vehicles in
his convoy.
The statement read, “More than 1000 thugs, armed to teeth
with knives and guns and led by Chinasa Nwaneri, Governor Hope Uzodinma’s
Special Adviser on Special Duties today, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021, with the
backing of armed policemen from Government House, attacked the former governor
of the State and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Senator
Rochas Okorocha’s Convoy.
“They attacked and damaged all the Vehicles in his Convoy.
They also attacked his personal aides.
“Senator Okorocha was with only his personal aides when the
thugs unleashed the attack.
“This is the information we can give as of now. We are still
watching events as they unfold.
“Okorocha has the strongest political structure in the state
and teaming followers in the State. If he had expected the attack, he would not
have moved with his personal aides alone.
“Okorocha has never been a violent man. This planned attack
but unprovoked and unwarranted has opened a new, but ugly chapter in the
politics of the State. We shall react fully to the situation.”
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