Police Arrest: Here’s My Story — Rochas Okorocha

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Senator Rochas Okorocha, representing Imo West Senatorial District has spoken on his arrest by the police in Imo, Sunday.

The former Governor was arrested after he attempted to reopen the Royal Palm Estate which has been sealed by the State Government.

Okorocha alleged that he was attacked alongside his personal aides on Sunday by a team of thugs led by Governor Hope Uzodinma’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Chinasa Nwaneri.

Spokesman for the former Governor, Sam Onwuemeodo said:, “More than 1000 thugs, armed to the 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 the Government House, attacked the former governor of the state and the 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 at now. We are still watching events as they unfold.

“Okorocha has the strongest political structure in the state and teeming followers in the State. If he had expected the attacked, 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.”

Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma had on Friday sealed the Royal Palm Estate said to have been owned by Nkechi Okorocha, wife of the Ex-Governor in compliance with directive of the Imo State, following the gazette of a report by the Judicial Commission of Enquiry on recovery of Lands and other related matters.

Okorocha was said to have tried breaking into the Royal Palm Estate leading to his arrest alongside his son-inlaw, Uche Nwosu.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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