Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has ordered the immediate arrest and detention of Mr Emmanuel Ezeanochie, Chairman of Imo State Amalgamated Traders Association (ISAMATA).

This is according to a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Public Orientations, and Strategy, Hon Declan Emelumba.

The statement revealed that Mr Ezeanochie fraudulently used the name of the government to illegally appropriate land and market stalls for his personal use.

The governor made this known that the arrest is in accordance with his manifesto to purge the state of corruption, while also approving the immediate dissolution of the state executive committee of ISAMTA.