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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Imo State Government says some suspects have named former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits and kidnappers.<\/p>\n

Nwosu, Okorocha\u2019s son-in-law, was a Deputy Chief of Staff and Action Alliance (AA) Imo governorship candidate in 2019.<\/p>\n

A statement on Tuesday by Oguwike Nwachuku, Governor Hope Uzodinma\u2019s Chief Press Secretary, said the duo were funding violence in the State.<\/p>\n

The spokesman pointedly accused them of fuelling \u201ckidnapping, banditry, arson and cannibalism\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nwachuku said they had been promoting news of the alleged arrest of the security officers attached to Uzodimma.<\/p>\n

He noted that the aim was to stop the governor\u2019s vow to expose the identities of those behind insecurity and other forms of criminality in Imo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe current media frenzy by both Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu appears to be strengthening the notion of their culpability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe duo have resorted to publishing falsehood yet again about security officers in the State Government House.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir claim of the arrest and detention of a certain Shaba, whom they falsely allege to be the CSO to the Imo State Governor is strange as the Governor\u2019s CSO is not known by the name of Shaba,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Nwachuku maintained that no security officer in the Governor\u2019s security team was either arrested or is currently unaccounted for.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkorocha and Nwosu have been specifically mentioned by suspects who are in the custody of security agents, as being sponsors of kidnapping and banditry in Imo State, using their relationship with former ex-militants to perpetrate the crimes,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n

He said instead of clearing their names, they appear bent on using both overt and covert means to blackmail the Police High Command, \u201cwhich legitimately arrested Uche Nwosu.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement told the public to ignore reports against the State government, as well as the \u201cfailed attempt to frustrate the Imo stakeholders\u2019 meeting taking place on Tuesday\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Imo State Government says some suspects have named former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits and kidnappers. Nwosu, Okorocha\u2019s son-in-law, was a Deputy Chief of Staff and Action Alliance (AA) Imo governorship candidate in 2019. A statement on Tuesday by Oguwike Nwachuku, Governor Hope Uzodinma\u2019s Chief Press Secretary, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":56736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1578,1018,254,1132,5887],"class_list":["post-56737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-breaking","tag-imo","tag-nigeria","tag-rochas-okorocha","tag-uche-nwosu"],"yoast_head":"\nSuspects named Rochas Okorocha, Uche Nwosu as bandits, kidnappers\u2019 sponsors \u2013 Imo govt - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Imo State Government says some suspects have named former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspects-named-rochas-okorocha-uche-nwosu-as-bandits-kidnappers-sponsors-imo-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Suspects named Rochas Okorocha, Uche Nwosu as bandits, kidnappers\u2019 sponsors \u2013 Imo govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imo State Government says some suspects have named former Governor Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu as sponsors of bandits ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspects-named-rochas-okorocha-uche-nwosu-as-bandits-kidnappers-sponsors-imo-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-04T11:16:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/img-61d429fb9a95e.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspects-named-rochas-okorocha-uche-nwosu-as-bandits-kidnappers-sponsors-imo-govt#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspects-named-rochas-okorocha-uche-nwosu-as-bandits-kidnappers-sponsors-imo-govt\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Suspects named Rochas Okorocha, Uche Nwosu as bandits, kidnappers\u2019 sponsors \u2013 Imo govt\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-01-04T11:16:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspects-named-rochas-okorocha-uche-nwosu-as-bandits-kidnappers-sponsors-imo-govt\"},\"wordCount\":336,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspects-named-rochas-okorocha-uche-nwosu-as-bandits-kidnappers-sponsors-imo-govt#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/img-61d429fb9a95e.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"breaking\",\"Imo\",\"Nigeria\",\"Rochas Okorocha\",\"Uche Nwosu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspects-named-rochas-okorocha-uche-nwosu-as-bandits-kidnappers-sponsors-imo-govt#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspects-named-rochas-okorocha-uche-nwosu-as-bandits-kidnappers-sponsors-imo-govt\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspects-named-rochas-okorocha-uche-nwosu-as-bandits-kidnappers-sponsors-imo-govt\",\"name\":\"Suspects named Rochas Okorocha, Uche Nwosu as bandits, kidnappers\u2019 sponsors \u2013 Imo govt - 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