A Magistrates’ Court in Owerri has summoned the immediate past governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, to appear before the honourable court on October 8 to explain why he should not be convicted to jail for alleged incitement.
Imo state government had filed a suit against the former governor, Okorocha to court over accusation that he, Okorocha had consistently been fomenting trouble and inciting his supporters to disobey the government of the day.
In the suit filed by the Imo State Attorney General on behalf of the state government, with reference no: OW/MISC.79/2019, alleged that Okorocha had been in the habit of making seditious and inciting statements against the government even on air using his personal Radio station (Reach FM), which is widely listened to in Owerri and beyond.
The Attorney General also alleged that as an elected senator, Okorocha spends more time in Owerri, Imo state, cavorting with his retinue of well-armed thugs and urchins referred to as ‘Ohaji Boys’ whom he employed to cause trouble.
The state government also alleged that an aide to Governor Emeka Ihedioha was beaten to a pulp while on a legitimate assignment of serving a court processes at Okorocha’s Spibat residence.
