As Imo gov Hope Uzodinma and former Gov Rochas Okorocha fight dirty
Police arrest Okorocha for removing seal in his wife’s property confiscated by Imo state govt
It was mayhem and total breakdown of law and order in Imo state on Sunday when tugs loyal to incumbent Governor of Imo state and former governor of the state Rochas Okorocha engaged themselves in a free for all.
The altercation between the two gladiators which led to the injuries of several people on both sides was over a confiscated property, Royal Spring Estate said to belongs to Rochas Okorocha”s wife
The property was ordered to be confiscated by a panel set up by governor Uzodinma on allegations that the property was procured with Imo state government money, during the tenure of Okorocha as governor of the state.
The intervention of the police eventually led to the arrest of the former governor, Okorocha who accused of forcefully breaking the seal to the premises of the property to gain entry.
Speaking with Channels television last night a visibly embarrassed and shocked Okorocha denied committing any crime and gave his own side of the story
“I asked them, what is my offence? They said conspiracy and public disorder. So they said it was the governor that directed them, that made a report to arrest me. The police whisked me into the pickup and brought me to the police station, I am here now. As I am here, they have not said anything to me.
I am still at a very deep shock and confused as to what is happening here. Particularly of note, what shocked me was the SA to the Governor pulled out his shirt, carried the machete himself and was coming to machete me while I was moved out. He was calling the boys ‘come, come.’ He was in charge and the police were following him. When they arrested me so to say, the SA to the Governor entered the pickup and came to the police station with their own video.
They were making jest of me that there is only one governor in the state, there is only one immunity that they are going to deal with me. I can’t believe it.”
The senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha, has accused the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma of ordering his arrest.
The federal lawmaker said operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Government House watched as thugs destroyed his vehicles.
The ex-governor who now represents Imo West at the Senate had gone to the estate with his supporters, policemen, soldiers and personnel of National Security and Civil Defence Corps and ordered the unsealing of the estate.
