Gunmen attack Okorocha’s convoy in Imo, reportedly kill police officer

Gunmen on Friday reportedly attacked the convoy of the former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, with one police officer said to have been killed.

Okorocha who made the claim during the birthday celebration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDp) governorship candidate in Imo State, Samuel Anyanwu, in Amaimo, Ikeduru local government area of the state, claimed two other security agents were kidnapped by the attackers.

The ex-governor said he was returning from Enugu after attending the funeral ceremony of the wife of a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, when his convoy was attacked at Ihube community along the Okigwe- Enugu expressway.

He added that a Sports Utility Vehicle, a bus, and Hilux in the convoy were riddled with bullets.

He described the alleged killing of the police officer as unfortunate.

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Okorocha said: “I am angry and I believe what is happening in Imo State is worrisome. What we have here presently is a product of bad governance.

“I am angry because I spent two days in Enugu and nothing happened to me but it is in my own state that the convoy released to me by the governor of Enugu State, a very good man, to attend the burial ceremony of Emeka Ihedioha’s mother at Mbaise was attacked and one policeman killed.

“Many people who are running to govern Imo State are not capable but I have seen one man who the cap fits. When it is time I will speak.”

Okorocha and the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, had been at loggerhead for more than three years with both men trading blames on the security problems in the state.

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