The Imo State Government has called on Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of the state, to desist making false claims.
This was contained in the government’s reaction to the arrest of Uche Nwosu, Okorocha’s son-in-law.
Declan Emelumba, Commissioner for information and strategy while briefing journalists at the government house in Owerri, said Okorocha and members of his family are not above the law, urging the Imo West Senator to allow the police who arrested Nwosu to “do their job”.
According to Emelumba, Okorocha was panicking because he has a guilty conscience and was afraid that the law might catch up with him, adding that it was wrong for Okorocha to accuse the state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, of masterminding the arrest of Nwosu.
“Okorocha is raising a false alarm. He is panicking because he looted the wealth of the people of Imo state. This is a man who looted the commonwealth of the people of Imo state. Neither he nor his son-in-law is above the law,” he said.
“He should allow the police to do their job. Okorocha should know that police have the right to arrest anybody. This is a man who converted a university built with Imo people’s money to personnel use but this government has recovered it for Imo people.”
