IMO GOVERNMENT DECLARES FORMER GOVERNOR OKOROCHA WANTED
The Government in the statement urged Imo citizens to alert the authorities whenever they found Okorocha in the State, just as report has it that a video, trending online on Thursday, captured some thugs beating the Government official at the former Governor’s residence located in Spibatt Avenue, Owerri.
Penpushing further reports that, both the Commissioner of Police in the State, Rabiu Ladodo, and Secretary to the State Government (SSG) at a joint press conference confirmed the incident to journalists in Owerri.
The duo claimed that Okorocha hired thugs to attack Ndubuaku, said to be Special Adviser to Governor Emeka Ihedioha on Security Matters, stressing that, he(Okorocha) would be arrested and prosecuted anytime he entered the State.
Penpushing also reports that Ndubuaku while narrating his ordeal alleged that he was beaten at Okorocha’s residence and thrown into a gutter by some thugs, adding that he was first held hostage for hours by the thugs in the presence of security men attached to Okorocha’s residence
The Special Adviser said the recovery team obtained a court order to search Okorocha’s house, adding that, “We got a court order to recover stolen properties kept in Okorocha’s house and when we got to his house on Thursday, armed thugs attacked us’.
“There are twenty government vehicles in his house, four speed boats, one movable Crain and generator sets, which we went to recover before the incident.We will not give up the battle, we will go back to his house because the property belongs to Imo government,” Ndubuaku said.
The Special Assistant on Media to the former Governor, Sam Onwuemeodo, while reacting to the Government’s order said the recovery committee was attacked by the former Governor’s sympathisers and passersby.
Penpushing further reports that, Onwuemeodo claimed that the recovery team went to his boss house without a court order, adding that they invaded Okorocha’s residence with no fewer than 50 thugs.
