JUST IN: Gunmen raid Okorocha’s home …As Ex-Gov’s radio station marked for demolition

Unknown gunmen, suspected to be hired assassins, Friday night,
raided the country home of the immediate past governor of Imo
State, Rochas Okorocha in Ogboko, Ideato South Council Area of Imo
State, TheNations Reports.

The assailants according to a family source, arrived the
governor’s residence at about 2 am and overpowered the security
before gaining entrance into the main building.

According to the source who pleaded anonymity, no valuable was
removed but the former governor’s bedroom and other places were
thoroughly ransacked, raising suspicion that the invaders maybe
hired assassins.

Meanwhile, another set of armed men suspected to be Government
officials, stormed a radio station, the Reach FM, believed to be
owned by the governor and ordered them to pull down the structure
housing the station.

According to one of the security men attached to the station,
the armed men who refused to disclose their identity gave the
management three days to pull down the structure or be ejected by
force.

This was coming two days after the Akachi tower, one of the
monuments built by the former governor was demolished on the
alleged orders of the State Government.

However, when contacted, the state Police Public Relations
Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu, a Superintendent of Police, said that he
was yet to be officially briefed about the invasion of the
governor’s home.

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