Uzodinma accuses ex-governor of plotting to destabilise state

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has raised the alarm that a former governor, who lost the 2019 election, is behind plots to plunge the state into another round of security breaches. He said that the affected former governor was also indicted by the Government White Paper on recovery of land and looted assets of the state. The governor, who spoke through the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Declan Emelumba, who addressed newsmen at the Government House, Owerri, said “a former governor of the state” and those he referred to as “other disgruntled politicians have voted N5 billion with which to trigger another round of security crisis in the state.” Emelumba further alleged that “a serving member of the House of Representatives from the state is coordinating the destabilisation plot.” He said: “Part of the plot is to raise a petition to the Inspector General of Police that security has collapsed in the state and that the government has been overwhelmed by the challenges. They are going to use the recent unfortunate fate of our two Royal Fathers from Njaba to anchor their campaign.”