Police Nab, Detain Ex-Imo Gov

The former Governor of Imo State and Senator representing Okigwe West Senatorial District, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has been arrested by the police in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
According to a source, “The former governor, this afternoon, led armed thugs to break into the property of the state government, destroying security vehicles and other state government properties”.
Another source claimed that the former governor dared Governor Hope Uzodimma to reopen the Royal Palm Estate sealed by the state government.
The source said Okorocha, who was accompanied by his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, broke the keys to recover the estate belonging to his wife, Nkechi.
It was further gathered that the action angered loyalists to the state government, who then confronted them in a clash that left one person injured.
It would be recalled that the Imo State Government had, last Friday, recovered the Royal Palm Estate along Akachi Road.
The seizure, according to the team led by Commissioner for Lands, Enyinnaya Onuegbu, was in compliance with directive of the Imo State Gazette on the report of the Judicial Commission of Enquiry on Recovery of Lands and other related matters.
However, the Imo State Police Command confirmed that it moved former governor of Imo State, and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, 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 Okorocha.
Orlando briefly said: “The command received a distress call regarding what we termed to be an unrest at Royal Palm Spring Estate, and the operatives moved to the place we discovered Okorocha led some persons to the place hitherto sealed by the Imo government.