IMO: Okorocha dares Ihedioha, says he cannot order his arrest

Former Governor Rochas Okorocha has waved off the order for his arrest by Governor Emeka Ihedioha, saying his successor in office cannot order his arrest.

It would be recalled that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Uche Onyeagocha, had announced the order on Thursday at a press briefing in Owerri, the State capital for allegedly hiring thugs to beat up the Chairman of the state property recovery committee.

Okorocha stated this in a statement on Friday by his media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, adding that the arrest order was an ”open invitation to anarchy or fracas in the state.”

According to him, the order for his arrest by the SSG was insensitive.

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Okorocha said: “The arrest order is an open invitation to anarchy or fracas in the State because Imo people will always come out to defend Okorocha. It also shows insensitivity on the side of the government in the State because such arrest order was uncalled for and Onyeaguocha has no right to issue an order of that nature.

“The order only adds to their continued disrespect for the former governor, which is a very bad precedent. After May 29, 2019, Owelle Okorocha relocated to Abuja. He was in Abuja when the recovery committee members slapped his daughter, Mrs. Uloma Rochas Nwosu, invaded and looted the shops of his wife, Nneoma and that of the daughter too. And just the previous week, Onyeaguocha invaded the private guest house of the former governor.

“The government had written petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission. And these agencies have begun investigations, yet they do not want these bodies to do their work which also arose from their petitions.

“The same Thursday, Onyeaguocha led thugs to Sam Mbakwe airport and said they were waiting for the former governor. This is the first government in the history of the State that is fanning the ember of anarchy.

“They were rattled the day Okorocha came into the State for the first time after May 29, 2019 and he was received by a mammoth crowd. It then occurred to them that their blackmail and lies have not affected the love of Imo people for their beloved former governor. That is the reason for all these insensitive actions.

“Okorocha will be in Imo whenever he deems it necessary to come, especially when he had transformed the State as governor and left it better than he met it. And had invested heavily in the State long before his governorship with his wife and children also having their businesses relocated to Owerri because they believe strongly in the State. Nigerians of goodwill should disregard the arrest order. It became void on arrival.”

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