Punch
By Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri
A son-in-law to a former governor of Imo State, Uzor Anwuka, would be flown abroad for medical treatment, The PUNCH has learnt.
Anwuka, a son to a former minister of state for Education and ex-vice chancellor, Imo State University, Prof. Anthony Anwuka, was allegedly shot last Sunday when he accompanied his father-in-law, Rochas Okorocha, to unseal the Royal Spring Palm Estate, Owerri, sealed by the state government.
The multi-billion naira estate is said to be owned by Okorocha’s wife, Nkechi Okorocha.
Uzor, an American-trained medical doctor, was allegedly shot in the left leg.
Speaking when Okorocha, who now represents Imo West at the Senate, visited him in the hospital, Uzor said he had undergone three surgeries without any success.
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 there 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 weapons; they started harassing everyone, including my father-in-law (Okorocha). It was when they were asked to round us up that they started shooting. I tried to climb the fence but I was hit by a bullet and I fell inside the bush.
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