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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.
Many injured, vehicles damaged as Okorocha, Uzodinma battle in Imo
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By Chinonso Alozie
The Imo state police command Sunday confirmed that it moved former governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial district, to its custody to explain why he led violent breaking into the government sealed Royal palm spring estate along Akachi road in Owerri.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri.
He said that the police moved to Akachi road when they received a distress call that the Royal Palm spring Estate sealed by the government had been violently opened by men led by Okorocha.
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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.
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