Uche Nwosu: Imo under Uzodinma now a ‘Banana Republic’ – Okorocha

Following the abduction of the former Chief of Staff, Mr Uche Nwosu from St. Peter Anglican Church, Eziama Obiere in Nkwerre Local Government Council of Imo State last Sunday, Senator Rochas Anayo Okorocha has described the situation as a total breakdown of law and other.

He said, it was unfortunate that Imo State is passing through this kind of situation, noting that what is happening in Imo State is so serious that Imo is almost looking like a Banana Republic where there’s complete lawlessness and the people live in fear.

The former governor said, the situation was so reprehensible that there was no day passed, without people being killed

Okorocha said: “It seems everybody is living in fear and nobody can speak out. It seems the happenings in Imo State have some backing in Abuja. There is presumed enmity between the people here and the federal government just because of some communication gap. Thank God this is getting unraveled now with the recent arrest of Ogwunba Uche Nwosu in the Church.

Okorocha wondered how masked Police Officers could storm a Church shot sporadically, humiliate and terrorise people before getting at their target, stressing that such has never happened in the history of Imo State.

Okorocha berated governor Hope Uzodinma and his Chief Security Officer for always picking anybody at will and lock him up.

“It’s a very ugly situation. So what happened to Nwosu is still a horror to behold.

“This is how the story of unknown gunmen started. What happened to Uche Nwosu showed that unknown gunmen are set of policemen who without the consent of the Commissioner of Police or the Inspector General of Police, IGP, on their own, from the instruction of the government of Imo State led by Hope Uzodinma and his Chief Security Officer, CSO, Shaba picked people at will and locked them at will.

“Gradually something is beginning to unravel and that is the good news about this. Right now, they have carefully put the image of the federal government and the Nigerian police at stake. Why would the police go to Church? Imo people are still in fear and it would take the federal government to assuage their fear.