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Uzodinma, Okorocha supporters clash over plan to recall ex-governor Chidiebube Okeoma Supporters of Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, and his predecessor, Rochas Okorocha, have clashed over an alleged plan to recall Okorocha as the Senator representing Imo West District at the National Assembly. While a group of Uzodinma’s supporters called the Orlu Political Consecutive Assembly has insisted to continue with plans to recall Okorocha from the Senate, the Association of Orlu Women for Good Governance has urged Uzodinma not to spend state resources to recall the senator. The association’s ...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The purported plans to recall the Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has continued to generate controversy between the supporters of the former governor and those of the state governor, Hope Uzodinma. A political group, Orlu Political Consultative Assembly (OPOCA) alleged to be affiliated to Senator Hope Uzodinma, had initiated a legal process to recall the Senator on grounds of incompetence. But another pro-Okorocha women group from the zone, the Association of Orlu Women for Good Governance (AOWGG),...

Hope Uzodimma. Photo; TWITTER/HOPEUZODINMA1 Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State believes that he is in charge and that nobody should be above the law. But, while the governor and his aides insist on executing laws made by the state, a former governor and Senator representing Imo West Senatorial District in the current Senate, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, had cited cites as obnoxious and barbaric a particular law made by the State House of Assembly via an executive bill, which sought to authorize the governor to detain any individual at will. The law may have been watered down due to outcry, but it...

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 Section 517 of the Criminal Code caption C38, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004 as applicabl...

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 the heels of the disagreement between Uzodimma’s administration and Okorocha who is currently the l...