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Rochas Okorocha Is The Brain Behind Orlu Crises–Imo Govt

<div class&equals;"entry-header">&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;post&lowbar;title" style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"> Rochas Okorocha has been accused as the brain behind Orlu crises<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;post&lowbar;title">OpenLife Nigeria reports that Senator Rochas Okorocha has been accused as the finger behind the raging crises in Orlu&comma; in Imo State&period;<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;post&lowbar;title">This was disclosed by Mr&period; Declan  Emelunba&comma; Imo State Commissioner for Information&period;<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;post&lowbar;title">He made the disclosure during a live interview in African Independent Television&comma; AIT&period;<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"jeg&lowbar;post&lowbar;title">Only yesterday&comma; February 21&comma; Senator Okorocha was accused of trying to forcefully unseal his wife’s hotel which was sealed by the Imo State Government&period;<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>The Commissioner&comma; among other things&comma; accused Rochas Okorocha of lawlessness&comma; a behaviour he described as unbecoming of a former Chief Executive of the State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content no-share">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"content-inner ">&NewLine;<p>The police in Imo State on Sunday arrested him after a fracas over the sealing of a hotel belonging to Mr Okorocha’s wife by the state government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A photo being circulated on WhatsApp showed the former governor sitting along a corridor of a building that looks like a police station&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Okorocha’s aide&comma; Ebere Nzewuji&comma; confirmed that the former governor has been arrested and is detained at the police headquarters in Owerri&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He has been arrested by the police on the orders of the governor&comma;” Mr Nzewuji said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The police are telling him that he is under arrest&period; It is so clear now that he is being arrested&period; And he is being detained&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Okorocha&comma; a serving senator&comma; is accused of forcefully unsealing his wife’s hotel&comma; Royal Spring Palm Hotel&comma; Owerri&comma; which was sealed two days ago by the commissioner for lands and physical planning on behalf of the Imo State Government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The commissioner said the hotel was built&comma; without permission&comma; on government land&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Mr Okorocha’s aide&comma; Mr Nzewuji&comma; denied that the senator tried to unseal the property&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When he arrived at the premises&comma; they were confronted with thugs who had guns and machetes&comma; and they were attacking him and his entourage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He &lpar;Okorocha&rpar; can’t go there to make trouble&comma; he went to ask questions&period; A staff member was beaten up&comma; even the hotel’s guests still had their property inside the hotel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He wasn’t going to unseal the property&comma;” the aide said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Okorocha’s spokesperson&comma; Sam Onwuemeodo&comma; later issued a statement on the incident&comma; saying Governor Hope Uzodinma’s aide on special duties&comma; Chinasa Nwaneri&comma; led the thugs that they claimed attacked the senator and his entourage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the governor’s aide was backed by the police in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The police spokesperson in Imo State&comma; Ikeokwu Orlando&comma; declined comment on the incident&comma; saying he was yet to be briefed on it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Since he left office as governor in 2019&comma; Mr Okorocha has been having a political battle with his successor&comma; Governor Hope Uzodinma&period; Both men are members of Nigeria’s ruling party&comma; APC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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