Nigeria: Increasing Number of Protests in Imo

25 November 2015

Owerri — TO say that Imo is unique in several ways, including bouts of protests, is stating the obvious, especially since Governor Rochas Okorocha came on board in 2011. There is hardly any week that runs out without one group or the other taking to the streets of Owerri, to protest against one issue or the other.

Several communities, civil servants, frail and famished pensioners, students, commercial tricycle operators, had at various times staged protest marches in Owerri, for various reasons.

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