Rochas Okorocha, former governor of Imo State, has denied reports of his arrest by the police, insisting that he was neither detained nor released on bail.
The denial contradicts the account of the Nigeria Police
Force (NPF). Aniete Iniedu, police spokesperson, told Channels Television that
Okorocha was arrested at Reiz Continental Hotel in Abuja on Monday night and
released on bail after an hour of interrogation.
The police said the arrest followed allegations of criminal
conspiracy, forgery and impersonation.
The alleged arrest came days after the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS)
and the police over a document circulating on social media that lists Okorocha
as the winner of the APC primary for Imo west senatorial district.
OKOROCHA SAYS COURT ORDER WAS VACATED
In a statement signed by Sam Onwuemeodo, his chief press
secretary (CPS) and special adviser on media, on Tuesday, Okorocha accused the
Imo state government of orchestrating what he described as a witch-hunt.
In the statement, titled “We’ve Been Vindicated. Falsehood
Has Never Prevailed Over Truth. Truth Is Sacred”, the former governor
maintained that there was no valid court order authorising his arrest.
“Again, their latest story that Owelle Okorocha was arrested
and released after one hour is also not true. And we equally stand to be
contradicted,” the statement reads.
“They tell the lies. We tell the truth. The whole truth. And
nothing but the truth. They market falsehood. We market facts. The truth.
Okorocha was never arrested. There was no bail. There was no statement. And let
them prove us wrong.
“They attached the same court order they had made reference
to, dated September 9, 2026, to the press release. Later, the same day, Monday,
October 12, 2026, they came up with another cock and bull story that the former
Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha had been arrested.”
Okorocha, who was governor of Imo from 2011 to 2019, said he
served the state to the best of his ability and would continue to defend his
record.
The former governor insisted that the court order dated
September 9, 2026, had been vacated by the same court on September 14.
“The court order they had used to deceive the general public
was dated September 9, 2026. The same court order was vacated by the same court
on September 14, 2026,” he said.
“You then ask, a court order issued on September 9, 2026,
and vacated on September 14, 2026, by the same court that issued it, could it
be alive in October 2026? The answer is expectedly, no.”
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