Some angry staff of Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission have attacked the convoy of Governor Hope Uzodinma for failing to offset their salary arrears.
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WazobiaReporters learnt that the attack took place around Concorde Hotels, New Owerri, on Monday when Uzodinma was on his way to the 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, to inaugurate an officers mess built by the state government.
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The rampaging staff numbering up to 20, had among them a masquerade, a chain and padlocks on its body.
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It was reported that the windscreen of some of the vehicles in the governor’s convoy were smashed and damaged.
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The protesters were later overpowered by police operatives with 15 of them arrested.
A statement by the Imo State Police Command, signed by its PPRO, SP Orlando Godson Ikeokwu, said that the incident occurred at about 1130hrs, adding that the group attacked the vehicles in the convoy with a locally made pistol and machetes around the Concord area of New Owerri.
According to the statement, “In the process, windscreens of some of the vehicles in the convoy were smashed and the vehicles damaged. Patrol teams in Owerri Metropolis were mobilized to the scene and fifteen persons were arrested with one locally made pistol, two machetes, one masquerade facemask, a chain and a padlock. The governor’s security aides exercised a lot of restraint to avert bloodshed in the situation.”
It added that the arrested suspects had been handed over to state CID for discreet investigations and warned members of the public not to take laws into their hands. It also advised the public to report any genuine grievances to the police, rather than resort to self-help as the police would not tolerate any form of lawlessness within the state.
