Three months after he was rumoured dead, Ahamefula, son of Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has been flown to London for urgent medical attention.
This was disclosed Sunday afternoon at Uburu, Ebonyi State at the country home of former governor of old Abia State and serving minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu during a South-East zonal meeting of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
Explaining Okorocha’s absence at the meeting, Onu said: “I had been in communication with Governor Okorocha and he had assured me that he would attend this meeting but sometime last week, the governor called me to explain that he may not be able to attend after all as his son had taken ill and had been hospitalized in a London.”
Multiple media reports indicate Imo Government House sources as confirming that Ahamefule slumped during the Christmas week and had to be rushed to a hospital and subsequently flown overseas for treatment.
He was accompanied by the governor and his wife, Nneoma Nkechi Okorocha.
The Imo State Government had in September denied reports that the engineer son of the governor had died.
A statement released back then reads: “The attention of the government and good people of Imo State has been drawn to the false publication on the social media, talking about the death in London of Engineer Ahamefula Okorocha, the first son of the state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha.
“The fact and indeed, the real story is that, contrary to the rumour from the kingdom of darkness, the young man is hale and hearty and the wish of the wicked ones would never prevail over him.
“Those who authored the fake death story only showed the level of their frustration and we won’t ask God to help them out or forgive them. They must reap whatever they have sown.
“It should also be recalled that sometime last year, when the governor travelled, these evil-minded elements also rumoured his death and that was also when the issue of Ekeukwu Market came up.
“And this time too, two weeks after the relocation of Ekeukwu Market, they have come up with the same death story and this time, the governor’s first son.”
