A police officer was killed when gunmen reportedly attacked the convoy of the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha.
The ex-governor convoy was reportedly attacked at Ihube in the Okigwe community, which is along the Okigwe-Enugu expressway on Friday, June 16, 2023.
Okorocha confirmed the incident on Sunday, June 18, when he addressed guests at the birthday ceremony of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Imo State, Samuel Anyanwu.
Okorocha said that he was returning from Enugu after attending the burial ceremony of the wife of a former Senate President, Ken Nnamani.
Okorocha said Enugu Governor Peter Mbah released vehicles and security men to take him and his team to Imo state for the burial ceremony of Ihedioha’s mother.
He said it was after he had finished attending the funeral ceremony at Mbaise and the convoy had dropped him at his Spilbat mansion in Owerri and was heading back to Enugu that they were attacked.
“I am angry. I am very angry. I am angry because I spent two days in Enugu and nothing happened to me but it is in my own state that the convoy released to me by the Governor of Enugu state ( a very good man) to attend the burial ceremony of Ihedioha’s mother at Mbaise that policeman was killed,” he said.
“What is happening in Imo state makes me angry. Many people running to govern the Imo state are incapable, but I have seen one man who fits the cap. When it is time I will speak.”
It was learned the vehicles in the convoy, which comprised a Sports Utility Vehicle, a bus, and a Hilux were shattered by bullets.
