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Bomb scare in Imo as Okorocha, aides scamper for safety

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Governor-Rochas-Okorocha-02All hell was let loose yesterday at the Ahajioku Convention Centre in Owerri, the Imo State capital, when security aides

to Governor Rochas Okorocha, suddenly whisked the governor away from the centre following a bomb scare. An eyewitness told Saturday Mirror that, the governor who was holding a meeting with some political stakeholders in the state, was interrupted by his security aides, who broke protocol to alert him of imminent danger.

The source, said that the attitude of the security operatives, which provoked fear among the audience resulted to a stampede, which left several people injured as they scampered to safety.

According to the source, “Suddenly the security men started running helter skelter and cordoned off the podium to shield the Governor, so everybody started running in all direction and some of the people were trampled upon, the source who pleaded anonymity said. “But after the initial pandemonium, it was discovered that the course of the stampede was an empty bag that was abandoned on the gallery”.

Meanwhile, it took the bomb disposal unit attached to the Government House, who arrived the scene about an hour later, to confirm that the content of the bag was books and other personal effects that was probably forgotten by somebody.

Speaking later one of the bomb disposal experts, who did not want his name mentioned, disclosed that they arrived late at the scene because they had no operational vehicle and functional equipment, blamed the governor’s security details for stampeding the audience.

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