General News of Sunday, 21 February 2021
Source: saharareporters.com
Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, was arrested for breaking into the Royal Spring Palm Hotels and Apartments, the state police command has said.
SaharaReporters had reported how the state government seized the estate allegedly belonging to Nkechi, wife of the former governor.
Enyinnaya Onuegbu, the commissioner for lands, had on Friday led a team of government officials and police officers to seal the property situated along Akachi Road in Owerri, the state capital.
In response, Okorocha on Sunday stormed the facility, demanding to be allowed in but the security personnel on the ground refused to open the gate.
The lawmaker representing Imo West Senatorial District was said to have ordered his men to make way for him to enter the place and they forced the gates open.
BREAKING: @PoliceNG Arrest Rochas Okorocha For Allegedly Destroying Imo Government, Security Vehicles | Sahara Reporters
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SaharaReporters gathered that Okorocha, who is also a former governor of the state, was arrested for...
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