Group accuses Gov. Okorocha of kidnapping its Secretary

The Imo Equity Movement has accused the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, of being behind the kidnap of its Secretary, Barrister Kingsley Ononuju.
Ononuju was kidnapped by gunmen on June 29, 2017 in Owerri, the Imo State capital, at about 8pm.
His abductors have since contacted his family, demanding N6 million ransom.
So also has the vehicle in which he was riding at the time of kidnap been recovered by the police on Saturday at Elele in Rivers State.
Two men inside the car at the time of recovery were said to have fled into the bush and abandoned it on sighting the police.
The vehicle is now parked at Elele Police Station.
In linking Okorocha to the abduction of Ononuju, the Imo Equity Movement said in a statement by its Director of Media and Strategy, Tobechi Chigbu: “In the afternoon on the day of his kidnap, Barrister Kingsley Ononuju and his colleagues stormed Ngor Okpala to flag off the Owerri Zone Townhall Meetings of Imo Equity Movement wherein they sensitized the masses about the merit of ensuring that the next Imo Governor in 2019 should come from Owerri Zone.
“This objective since it was declared about three months ago, has been vehemently and viciously opposed by the serving governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha. The next Townhall meeting of Imo Equity Movement was billed to hold in Barrister Ononuju’s Mbaitoli Local Government Area on Saturday, 1st July 2019.
“We hereby accuse Gov. Okorocha of being behind the abduction of Hon. Barrister Kingsley Ononuju for very obvious reasons and charge him to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of our Secretary since this new wave of intimidation will in our judgment, only heighten the already tense security situation in the State.”