Governor Okorocha slam with N50m suit for allegedly beating ex-minister's aides

‎Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has been slammed with a N50m suit for allegedly ordering his security details to beat up two aides of former minister of interior, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho.

DAILY POST gathered that the victims, Anthony Amadi and Chigozie Oparaku were found within the vicinity of Ihenacho’s house when Okorocha allegedly led a team to bulldoze part of Ihenacho’s building.

The source further disclosed that “when the team arrived, the duo brandished a copy of an order of court restraining the Governor from demolishing Ihenacho’s property.

“Angered by their action, the governor unleashed his security details on them.”

Consequently, ‎in an affidavit deposed to by Anthony Amadi, he said that “on the 7th of July, 2016, while at Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho’s house, they noticed agents of the Imo state government advancing towards Ihenacho’s house with heavy equipment and with intent to demolish the property. They approached the engineer-in-charge of the demolition and showed a copy of the restraining order against the said demolition and the Engineer obeyed and withdrew his equipment.

 “About an hour later, the Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha in company of his full security detail came to Captain Ihenacho’s house and the Governor ordered the engineer to demolish Ihenacho’s house; we then went towards the Governor as much as the security details would allow us and showed him the court order; thereupon, the Governor ordered his security details to beat us up and arrest us”.

Amadi and Oparaku recalled that they were beaten for more than 30 minutes by more than 20 security details of the governor “just for daring to show them a restraining order of court against their illegal action.”

“At the end, we could hardly stand or walk, and they carried us and dumped us at the Shell Camp Police Station without any medical treatment”, Oparaku added.

Demanding an enforcement of their fundamental human right, they stressed, “We were released on the fourth day with a charge against us.

“We were only told that we were detained on the orders of Governor Rochas Okorocha and that was exactly what was written on the incident board.”

‎Prior to their release, their lawyer, Amadi-Obi S. had petitioned the Commissioner of Police in the State, Taiwo Lakanu in a letter titled; “Reckless Exhibition of Power by Governor of Imo State”.

He noted that his clients were viciously beaten and dumped in the cell without stating their offence.