Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- The police in Imo State on Sunday arrested a former governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, after a fracas over the sealing of a hotel belonging to Mr Okorocha's wife by the state government.

A photo being circulated on WhatsApp showed the former governor sitting along a corridor of a building that looks like a police station.

Mr Okorocha's aide, Ebere Nzewuji, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES, Sunday evening that the former governor has been arrested and is detained at the police headquarters in Owerri.

"He has been arrested by the police on the orders of the governor," Mr Nzewuji said.

"The police are telling him that he is under arrest. It is so clear now that he is being arrested. And he is being detained."

Mr Okoro...