Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, was on Sunday arrested by police, the State Police command confirmed.
Okorocha, who is now the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial district, was taken into custody to explain why he led a violent breaking into the Royal Palm Spring Estate along Akachi road in Owerri, which was sealed by the government.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed this in an interview with journalists 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 by the former governor.
“The command received a distress call regarding what we termed to be unrest at Royal Spring palm estate, and the operatives moved to the place we discovered Okorocha led some persons to the place hitherto sealed by the Imo government.
“The command calmed the situation and invited Okorocha, to come and explain why he led the violent breaking into the estate that led to damages.”
There were reports the Okorocha would be arraigned on Monday.
Those arrested along with Okorocha were Ijeoma Igboanusi and Lasbrey Okafor-Anyanwu. Igboanusi was the deputy chief of staff (Domestics) while Okafor-Anyanwu was the Commissioner for Transportation in Okorocha’s government during Okorocha’s tenure as governor.
