Rochas Okorocha, a former governor of Imo State who is now a Senator in the National Assembly, said on Tuesday that elements identified as “unknown gunmen” in Imo State may soon be uncovered following the arrest of Uche Nwosu.
According to him, Nwosu’s detention in a church on Sunday provided a glimpse into how the Imo State government uses police officers attached to Government House to carry out illegal actions.
Mr. Nwosu was arrested as part of an independent police investigation, according to the Imo State government, and Mr. Okorocha was seeking to politicize the situation.
Mr. Nwosu stood for governor of Imo in the 2019 election and was later released by the police.
He said his detention was politically motivated during a press conference on Tuesday.
The police have yet to make a public statement on the situation.
“It’s sad what’s going on in Imo State. Not only Imo, but the entire nation. Imo State is rapidly devolving into a banana republic, with utter lawlessness and people living in fear. There isn’t a day when someone isn’t killed or harassed.”
“It appears as if the happenings in Imo state have some backing from Abuja. That’s what I could figure out. And there seems to be enmity between the people here and the presumed federal government of Nigeria just because of a communication gap.
“Most people have been wondering about the mystery of unknown gunmen. But it appears to me now that unknown gunmen have finally been unraveled with the recent happenings.
“Unknown gunmen now is a set of policemen from Government House who, without the consent of the Commissioner of Police, the Inspector General of Police, or the DIGs, but on their own on the instruction of the government of Imo State, led by Hope Uzodinma, and his CSO, Shaba, who give directives to arrest people at will and lock up people at will and sometimes the whereabouts of these people are unknown.”
“They get policemen from the Government House and go to execute unholy acts. And when they run into problems, they quickly say it is the police.”
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