Okorocha’s Son-In-Law Shot During Brawl, Flown Abroad

A son-in-law to Senator Rochas Okorocha (APC-Imo West), Uzor Anwuka, has been flown abroad after been was shot when Okorocha’s loyalists clashed with government officials.

Okorocha was last Sunday arrested for unsealing the Royal Palm Estate sealed by the state government under the leadership of Uzodinma.

The immediate past Imo State Governor was arrested for violently breaking into the government-sealed Royal palm spring estate along Akachi road in Owerri.

Anwuka, an American-trained medical doctor, who was shot on the left leg during the clash, has undergone three surgeries.

Speaking when the former governor visited him at a hospital at Apo, Abuja, on Sunday, Uzor said he had undergone surgeries without any improvement.

He said, “On the day of the incident, my father-in-law called me that he was in Owerri to see his seized property and I drove down their to see him.

“On getting there, I saw a crowd of thugs led by one of the governor’s cousins. They had guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, they started harassing everyone including my father-in-law (Okorocha).

“Later, they were asked to round us up and they started shooting, I made an attempt to climb the fence but I was hit by bullet and I fell into the bush and I was there for several hours before I was rescued and brought to the hospital.

“I have been in this hospital for six days and my leg has been operated three times but it is not getting better. So, I will be going out to get a better treatment.”