Former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has asked his successor, Emeka Ihedioha, to order his appointee who allegedly slapped his (Okorocha’s) daughter, Uloma Rochas Nwosu, to apologise.
Uloma is the wife of Uche Nwosu, former Chief of Staff to Okorocha, and the Action Alliance 2019 candidate who came second in the last governorship election in the state.
Speaking through a statement released by his media aide, Sam Onwuemedo on Sunday, Okorocha said, “On Friday, July 26, 2019, a member of the Committee on Recovery of Government Property set up by Governor Emeka Ihedioha and led by Mr. Jasper Ndubuaku, slapped the daughter of the former governor of Imo State, Mrs. Uloma Rochas Okorocha, when she went to the All-In Furniture Store owned by her mother, to know why members of the committee invaded the store and began to tamper with items, including the ones inside the containers, especially when the EFCC had marked the shop for investigation also following their petitions to that effect.”
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He said it was improper for the Peoples Democratic Party-led government in the state not to have apologised to him (Okorocha), his daughter Uloma and family, three days after the alleged incident.
The Imo West Senator lamented that, for eight years he served as governor, he did not use his power as chief executive to intimidate any indigene of the state.
But reacting to Okorocha’s statement, Governor Ihedioha said that ‘blackmail’ by Okorocha would not deter him from recovering movable government assets allegedly stolen during the latter’s administration.
Speaking through his Special Adviser on media, Steve Osuji, he said, “We are not aware that such thing happened. We are not unruly like them. If they are sure of what they are saying, let them go to court. They know the right thing to do.”