Okorocha Trades Punches With Governor Obi’s Aide Over Seat

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Saturday punched a protocol officer who refused to allow him sit on a chair reserved for the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, at the 80th birthday celebration of former vice president, Chief Alex Ekwueme, in Enugu.

The incident occurred 20 minutes before most of the invited guests arrived.

We gathered the seat was reserved for the host Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime and Obi. The Deputy Governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, represented Chime who is still out of the country.

The protocol officer, Mr. Ifeanyi Onukuba, who works with Obi, was shocked at Okorocha’s action and before he could recover from it, a police officer attached to the Bomb Disposal Unit in Anambra State, Mr. Felix Alumona, pushed Okorocha when he was removing the tag bearing Obi’s name from the seat.

Our correspondent observed that Okorocha’s Aide de Camp, Gabriel Onu, immediately pounced on Alumona, hitting and tearing his uniform, while other security details attached to the Imo governor joined in the scuffle.

Sensing that the matter was beginning to attract people, Okorocha quickly waded in, saying, “Hey, please stop the fight! Let us not fight over an ordinary seat. I will share the seat with Peter Obi.”

Minutes after the fracas, Okorocha’s aides grumbled saying, “Why is it that anywhere we go, they always reserve a special seat for Obi. Is Okorocha not the leader of Ndigbo?”

When Obi arrived, he squeezed himself in the couch, sitting between Onyebuchi and Okorocha.

-SUNDAY PUNCH

24 COMMENTS

  1. dis is a shame on d govt,a hole leaders fightin like touts,over jst a sit.bt at dsame time dey r suppose 2 give whom honour is due,dat is y we shuld learn ow 2 control our temper,wat dey did is wrng 4 nt reservin sit 4 him,bt dey r all animals

  2. A typical igbo leadership scuffle…where leaders of other tribes & geo political zones are uniting 2geda to fight for one course(development in their regions)…my own igbo leaders are fighting for seat…
    For this reason,d hausa and yoruba man will always laugh @us

  3. The oganisers should be blamed for all this nonsence. What where their intention for not reserving seat for a personality like Okorocha. People should be carefull and know that we are all nigerians and we should learn to give honor to whom honor is due.

    • U r obviously a stupid person!!! How are u blaming the organizers for rochas acting like a tout?…u are one of the problems we have in this country!…no matter anyone’s personality,if u are not given a special seat,your protocol should oganize a seat for u or u walkout simple!…what if the organizers didn’t want okorocha?…”Personality” my feet. Mtscheeeewwww!

  4. Could dis be a calculated attempt to rubbish my state governor? Its realy not fair if it is what I’m thinking. Pls let dis not repeat its self again o. They all should be accorded due respect and not d other way round. They are all elected executive governors in their various states.

    • U must be very mad. rubbishing ur state or ur state rubbishing it’s self? Okorocha has being 1 of the MOST STUPID GOVERNOR in Nigeria. Why must he remove Obi’s name from the seat? The Imolites should expect more disgrass from him. He should thank mother luch that his head was not broken for that foolish act. asshole like u.

  5. Igbos are simply crazy! That is how they always behave! No wonder they have been consistently pushed aside in the scheme of things, after they would say they are marginalised, yet if elections come you will see that bcos of the greed and criminality in their blood 50 presidential candidates will appear while other regions are having single candidates later when they lose they will say biafra! Olodos fighting for ordinary seat

    • Shut up and stop being sectional. How dare you insult the entire Igbo race? If you cannot address the individual, walk on by and leave the entire Igbo race alone. I wonder the part of the world you emanated from. I think this site needs to put an embargo on some very uncouth comments here.

  6. You guys should first nd foremost exam dis issue before justifying,how could u guys believe such trash which u knw could not be tru,as an analyst u guys claim 2 be nd which ℓ̊​​ knw u guys weren’t there,b4 u justify such issue u gats to hv an a evidence of proof it could be either the picture or the video,take for instance when bankole oladimeji was speaker,its house member had a fight over an issue nd the video nd picture was all over the state.
    So before u analyse such issue u hv 2 maybe witness the scenario or hv any proof 2 avoid tarnishing the image of our good leaders 4 christ sake.

  7. Our leaders should learn how to show good examples bcos those they re leading re looking at their steps, well we igbo’s should always pray for our leaders for Gods touch. They news the help of the holy spirit to overcome the pride of office.