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Defendant slumps revived during proceedings • Imo ex-gov relives experience in police detention, commends Presidency for saving him • South-East govs wade into face-off Fourteen aides of former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, were yesterday, arraigned before a magistrate’s court in Owerri for allegedly conspiring to commit misdemeanor and an attempt to overthrow the state government. x The offence, according to the court, is punishable under Sec...

Okorocha boasts of presidential bid, 14 ex-aides get N70m bail Chidiebube Okeoma and Gibson Achonu THE Peoples Democratic Party on Monday accused the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, and a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, of turning the state into a war zone. The PDP spokesperson in the state, Ogubundu Nwadike, in a statement on Monday said the clash between the supporters of Okorocha and Uzodimma on Sunday at Royal Spring Estate, Owerri, was “disgusting”. Nwadike spoke on t...

…As court grants N70m bail to Okorocha’s aides The South-East Governors Forum has waded into the impasse between the Imo government and the state’s former governor, Sen. Rochas Okorocha. It would be recalled that a squabble ensued between both sides’ supporters on Feb. 21 when Okorocha allegedly broke into the Royal Spring Palm Apartment, Owerri, sealed by the Imo government on Feb. 19. The situation was brought under control by the Imo Police Command, which later arrested the senator. ...

An Owerri magistrate court was thrown into confusion when one of the fourteen suspects named Darling Ibekwe surprisingly lost consciousness and slumped while being arraigned before the court.

ON THE GO Strike: I can’t ask governors to implement financial autonomy, CJN tells judiciary workers Ibrahim Muhammad, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), says he cannot reach out to all 36 state governors to ask them to implement financial autonomy for the judiciary.Advertisement President Muhammadu Buhari... It’s illegal for Buhari to solely appoint IGP, says Ozekhome Mike Ozekhome, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the appointment of Usman Alkali Baba as the acting i...