According to reports by This Day uThe inability of Governor Rochas Okorocha of
Imo State, to fulfill his promise of N4 million
to hire students from various tertiary
institutions to endorse him as their
governorship candidate in the February 28
election has turned into a protest as the
angered students went destroying property of
government in the state capital.
Eye witnesses told THISDAY that the students
were ferried to the Imo International
Conference Centre (IICC), venue of the event
by hired buses and government vehicles as
early as 6a.m. and they were there till 6p.m.
without water and food only to be denied of
the governor’s ‘largese’ that should have
been a palliative to them.
It was gathered that things went awry when
the expected Okorocha’s promise (N4 million)
to the students was not provided and there
was no government official to address them,
which warranted the students to lose their
temper and engage in violent demonstration.
The students who felt angered that no
government official showed interest in
agitation, went berserk at about 7p.m.,
prompting the destruction of the governor’s
campaign billboards and posters at the
popular Government House roundabout.
As if that was not enough, the rampaging
students who were in their thousands,
blocked the major roads of Wetheral/Okigwe/
Bank roundabout, smashing streets lights
and chanting anti-Okorocha songs until the
police were drafted to disperse the rioters.
Imo State, to fulfill his promise of N4 million
to hire students from various tertiary
institutions to endorse him as their
governorship candidate in the February 28
election has turned into a protest as the
angered students went destroying property of
government in the state capital.
Eye witnesses told THISDAY that the students
were ferried to the Imo International
Conference Centre (IICC), venue of the event
by hired buses and government vehicles as
early as 6a.m. and they were there till 6p.m.
without water and food only to be denied of
the governor’s ‘largese’ that should have
been a palliative to them.
It was gathered that things went awry when
the expected Okorocha’s promise (N4 million)
to the students was not provided and there
was no government official to address them,
which warranted the students to lose their
temper and engage in violent demonstration.
The students who felt angered that no
government official showed interest in
agitation, went berserk at about 7p.m.,
prompting the destruction of the governor’s
campaign billboards and posters at the
popular Government House roundabout.
As if that was not enough, the rampaging
students who were in their thousands,
blocked the major roads of Wetheral/Okigwe/
Bank roundabout, smashing streets lights
and chanting anti-Okorocha songs until the
police were drafted to disperse the rioters.
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