A police officer was killed on Friday following an attack by gunmen on the convoy of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. The convoy of the former governor was attacked at the Ihube community on the Okigwe- Enugu expressway, according to The PUNCH. The Ihube axis of the expressway had been a major point of attacks by gunmen and kidnappers. The former governor confirmed the killing of the police officer and the assassination attempt on him.
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The convoy of the former governor was attacked at the Ihube community on the Okigwe- Enugu expressway, according to The PUNCH. A police officer was killed on Friday following an attack by gunmen on the convoy of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha.The convoy of the former governor was attacked at the Ihube community on the Okigwe- Enugu expressway, according to The PUNCH.The former governor confirmed the killing of the police officer and the assassination attempt on him.
Okorocha who was Imo governor for eight years said that the slain police officer was deployed by the state Government House to take him to the burial ceremony of the mother of the immediate past governor of state, Emeka Ihedioha.
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