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From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
Following the attack on his convoy that led to the death of a police officer in Ihube Imo State on Friday, senator Rochas Okorocha has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to help curb the rising insecurity in the State.
Okorocha addressing newsmen at his Spibat mansion on Monday recalled how a security convoy that brought him to Imo state from Enugu state, was attacked at Ihube in Okigwe council area on their way back to Enugu state, which led to the death of one police officer.
According to the former governor , “I want to thank God almighty for keeping me alive. I want to sympathize with the family of the man that was shot dead at Okigwe, when they were going back to Enugu, shortly after they dropped me at my place at Spibat in Owerri, I send my condolences to the family and the people of Enugu state.
“I am making an effort to visit the family. I thank the governor of Enugu, for the kind gesture. That gave me convoy that brought me back home from Enugu, to Ihedioha’s mother burial.
“What i want to say, is that the Killings in Imo are underreported. Unfortunately, we are not making that known to the Federal government. I wanted to bring it to the knowledge of the federal government to do something about it.
“Now in the Ohaji/Egbema local government is a hotbed and most people have abandoned their homes. I appealed to president Bola Tinubu to come and help us. Daily, people are being killed. I don’t know those involved but they should toe the line of peace.”
“When I was governor of Imo state, I engaged everybody, including the mechanics, motorcycle ridders, and market people. The best system of government is a government that allow people to govern themselves”. Okorocha said .
