The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Owerri.
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Recall that on Saturday, the country home of the Governor was attacked and razed by fire, with properties and vehicles getting burnt to ashes.
The terrorists were identified as members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.
Uzodinma, who spoke to State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with the President on Friday in Abuja, said some politicians were responsible for the rising cases of banditry in parts of the country.
At a security stakeholders meeting in Owerri, the state capital on Thursday which had in attendance the newly deployed Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of zone 9, Umuahia, Ekim Okon, the governor said that traditional rulers must begin to take responsibilities for what happens in their communities.
This was disclosed by an aide of the former Governor on Thursday.
The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren said on Tuesday that Okorocha was arrested in Abuja.
Governor Uzodinma spoke recently through the State Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Ikay Njoku, at a ceremony by the CDBs to present cheques to community contractors for the third milestone for the over N360 million social investment projects designed to benefit people of the host communities.
Lawan said the aim of the attackers was probably to cause a distraction for the Imo State Government or even the Federal Government.
The Controller of Correction, O. F. Enobore, said as at 3:50pm of April 7, 2021, the Centre had recovered a total of 48 inmates who escaped in the wake of the invasion, thus increasing the number of inmates presently in custody to 84, including those that resisted the temptation to escape during the attack.
Okorocha spoke with journalists in Jos, Plateau State on Thursday after attending the burial of Felicia Kaneng, and after a press conference in Owerri by the Imo State Commissioner for Information, Chief Declan Emelumba, accused him of being behind the attacks.
Uzodinma spoke on Wednesday while featuring on a Channels Television programme: “Politics Today.”
In a statement on Tuesday by the Press Secretary to the Minister, Osaigbovo Ehisienmen, Dingyadi said the highly reprehensible attack was an act of declaration of hostility against the Nigerian state.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, gave the assurance while inspecting the centre on Tuesday.
The directives followed the attack on security operatives and formations, including the state police command headquarters and headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Services in Owerri in the early hours of Monday.
Uzodimma expressed his displeasure after the State Security Council meeting at the Government House, Owerri on Monday, where he assessed the level of damages.
In his reaction to the incident early on Monday, President Buhari praised the initial response by security guards and security forces for preventing greater loss of life and the destruction of public property.
The attackers, who stormed the facility at about 2:15ham, gained entrance into the yard by using explosives to blast the administration block.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Obigwe had approached the court, urging it to invalidate his removal from office by the national leadership of the NLC.
Muruako specifically called on the Imo State Government to expedite action in enacting the fiscal framework bill.