That sounds a little odd to me though.
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 punch incident occurred 20
minutes before most of the invited guests arrived.
The Couch was reserved for the host Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime
and Peter 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 where heard grumbling
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.
