Mr Nze Chinasa Nwaner, a former Special Adviser to Governor Hope Uzodimma on Special Duties, has reportedly been arrested by the police in Owerri, Imo state.

According to a report by Leadership, the special team of Police detectives arrested Nwaneri at RockView Hotel in Owerri on Saturday, May 18.

Sources who spoke to the aforementioned publication claimed that Nwaneri was taken to the headquarters of the State Police Command and was later escorted back to his hotel room.

The police operatives thoroughly searched Nwaneri’s room before he was returned to the police command.

The reason for his arrest was still sketchy at the time of filing this report.

Nwaneri was one of Uzodimma’s most trusted aides for over fifteen years before his recent departure.