Photos of Uche Nwosu, son-in-law to former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, have surfaced on Facebook, showing him in handcuffs, seated at the back of a car, a day after hisMr Nwosu, a former governorship candidate of the Action Alliance in the 2019 governorship election in Imo, wore only a singlet in the photos, giving credence to the claim that he was assaulted and his clothes torn during his arrest.It is unclear, for now, who took the photos and why.
Mr Nwosu, alongside his family, including Mr Okorocha’s wife, was holding a thanksgiving service at the Saint Peter’s Anglican Church, Nkwerre, in Imo State, after his mother’s burial, when the officers invaded the church and arrested him. An aide to Mr Nwosu, Darlington Ibekwe, said the officers, who came in three vehicles, slapped and pushed to the ground Mr Okorocha’s wife, Nkechi, and her daughter, Uloma, who is Mr Nwosu’s wife when the duo tried to enquire why they were arresting Mr Nwosu.Because of how the arrest was made, many people initially thought Mr Nwosu was abducted by unknown gunmen, until the police in Imo