Okorocha boasts of presidential bid, 14 ex-aides get N70m bail
Chidiebube Okeoma and Gibson Achonu
THE Peoples Democratic Party on Monday accused the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, and a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, of turning the state into a war zone.
The PDP spokesperson in the state, Ogubundu Nwadike, in a statement on Monday said the clash between the supporters of Okorocha and Uzodimma on Sunday at Royal Spring Estate, Owerri, was “disgusting”.
Nwadike spoke on the heels of the disagreement between Uzodimma’s administration and Okorocha who is currently the lawmaker representing Imo West in the Senate.
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There was mayhem in Imo State on Sunday as former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, allegedly led a team of thugs to forcefully reclaim his wife’s Royal Palm Apartment Estate, recently sealed by the state government.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the estate was on Friday sealed by a government delegation led by Commissioner for Lands, Enyinnaya Onuegbu, who said the government was implementing the report of a Judicial Commission of Enquiry on land use which recommended recovery of the estate and possible demolition, having been built on government land which is also a ‘Green Verge.’
However, the altercation that ensued when Okorocha’s team met face to face with the government team later resulted in the arrest of the former governor and some of his former appointees who accompanied him to the estate.
Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Anayo Okorocha, is expected to be arraigned in court Monday (today) in Owerri over an alleged disturbance of public peace following a fracas between his aides and Imo state government personnel.
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The feud between Governor Hope Uzodinma and his predecessor, Senator Rochas Okorocha has spread as their individual supporters have begun clashing with each other.
Many persons, on Sunday, February 21, 2021, were injured following a clash between supporters of Okorocha and Uzodinma at the Royal Spring Palm Hotels and Apartments in Akachi, Owerri.
It would be recalled that the state Commissioner for Lands, Enyinnaya Onuegbu, last week Friday, led some members of the state task force to confiscate the property said to belong to Nkechi, Okorocha’s wife.
In retaliation, the former governor led some of his staunch supporters to forcefully repossess the hotel on Sunday evening.