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2019 Elections: Supporters Of Okorocha’s Son-In-Law, Deputy Gov. Clash In Imo

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Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha

Pandemonium broke out on Monday at the council hall of the Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Nworubi, when the supporters of the Imo State Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere, and that of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, clashed during a political meeting, leaving many people injured.

Naija News gathered that the supporters of Okorocha’s son-in-law had gone to the hall endorse him for the 2019 governorship election.

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Madumere who hails from the local government is also running the governorship race.

Naija News reported that Okorocha declared last week that he would support his son-in-law who is currently his chief of staff should he declare interest in succeeding him as the governor of the state.

Eyewitness told Punch that a political group, known as “I Believe Movement,” which is pro-Nwosu and the supporters of the deputy governor attacked one another with weapons just as the mission of the visitors was announced.

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The pro-Nwosu supporters had sent them a short message service inviting the members of the community to the meeting without disclosing its agenda. However, the indigenes became furious when the visitors announced that the reason for the political gathering was to endorse Okorocha’s son-in-law for governor.

The source said, “The members of I Believe Movement took us for granted. They came to our Local Government Area to endorse the governor’s son-in-law against our son, Madumere who is the deputy governor of the state.

“They want to use us to score a cheap political point against the deputy governor who is our son. The annoying aspect is that they didn’t inform us why they invited us.

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“Immediately we realised what their plan was, we told them categorically that we are supporting our son,who is the incumbent deputy governor for the governorship election.

“They started shouting ‘I Believe Movement in support of Uche Nwosu’ and we started shouting Madumere. They picked offence and started fighting us.”

It was learnt that the indigenes had to call for reinforcement which led to a bloody clash.

“Our people regrouped and came to the hall to save us .they started using stones, bottles and other weapons on us,” the source said.

The swift intervention of the police and security men dispatched to the area prevented the clash from escalating.

The Coordinator of “I Believe Movement”, Lawrence Achinihu, said the clash occurred when some indigenes of the town tried to disrupt the political gathering by shouting “Madumere” which led to the fracas.