Mr. and Mrs Chidi and Perpetua Okeke last Wednesday at the Ezeogba
Emekuku Owerri point of Owerri-Umuahia Imo State.
According to account from many eye witnesses of the event, trouble
started when the governor's convoy motorcade was blocked by the
couple's car which was also in motion.
The governor's armed security aides bounced on the Mr. Chidi who hails
from Umuoke Obowo also in Imo State, dragged him out and started
battering him.
An attempt by the victim's wife to rescue her husband also saw the
governor's men beat the nursing mother mercilessly which saw the woman
completely stripped off her clothes and seriously injured.
It was reported that while the security men were having a field day
with the couple, their few months baby continued to cry inside the
couple's car. The governor was said to be watching the whole drama
from his staff car as the couple were covered in their own pool of
blood.
According to reports, the governor later came out from his car blaming
Mr. Okeke for being drunk. But when the crowd that had gathered at the
scene of the incident wanted to attack the governor and his convoy, he
and his convoy took off.
Speaking in their hospital beds, the couple who sustained different
degrees of injuries confirmed the story. On his own part, Mr. Chidi
said that he was not drunk but suspected that what attracted the
wrought of the governor and his men might be the campaign sticker of
President Jonathan on the man's vehicle. He also said that when he
heard the governor's convoy siren, the side of the road to go clear
off the lane had big ditches but that before he could get to a better
point to go off the road, the security men had blocked him.
--thenigerianvoice.com
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