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Governor Hope Uzodimma.
Imo state governor Hope Uzodimma has said that the insecurity in the state is "politically contrived," considering that all the attacks have been against his loyalists and members of his APC party.
Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, Uzodimma stated that he had disclosed the same to stakeholders in the state at his recent meeting with them.
He further said that some people have been detained in connection with the killings and urged security agents to hasten to expose those responsible for the killings.
During the interview, Uzodimma said, “Today in my conversation with stakeholders in the state I made it very clear that events in the past have shown clearly that those behind the insecurity in Imo State are politicians and this insecurity is politically contrived.
“In that presentation, I came to a clear position that all the people that have been attacked in Imo State are members of APC, and those close to my government and the houses that have been burnt down belong to them.
“No member of the opposition party has been attacked or his house has been burnt down in Imo State. And this has continued to happen.
“You just mentioned former governor Ikedi Ohakim. Three days after he summoned the special dinner of Imo stakeholders encouraging them to support the government of APC, he was attacked and his security details killed.
“I presented this matter to the people of Imo State. Of late some arrests have been made. I challenge security agencies In Imo to make public as soon as possible the findings of the report and those behind the killings be named, ” Daily Trust reports.
IPOB's reaction.
Chief Ikedi Ohakim.
Reacting to the recent attack on the former governor of Imo state, Ikedi Ohakim, the pro-self-determination group, the IPOB blamed the state governor Hope Uzodimma for creating " the political assassination thugs thinking he can manipulate and blackmail the public against the IPOB."
In a statement by the IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, the group condemns the attack on Ohakim whom it described as "one of the peaceful people among the politicians in the Eastern region," and called on the people of the state not to give in to the enemies who want to bring "the state down and push them into submission."
The statement entitled "We Condemn Attack On The former Governor Of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim," read: "We the global family and movement of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ably led by the great and indefatigable prophet Mazi Nnamdi KANU condemn the recent attack on the former governor of Imo State Chief Ikedi Ohakim.
"The attack was masterminded by the political gladiators in Imo state who were desperate to murder political opponents in the state to further their careers.
"Everybody must ask Hope Uzodinma what is happening in Imo state because he created the political assassination thugs thinking he can manipulate and blackmail the public against IPOB.
"He must tell us what he is trying to achieve with this level of assassination across the state. Some people are murdered by criminals sponsored by his government's security agents, and some are murdered by Ebubeagu, his security militia collaborating with Fulani terrorists wearing Nigerian soldiers' uniforms.
"We cry out for the lives of innocent citizens murdered unjustly by his government. We realize that Hope Uzodinma is knowingly murdering his subjects because of his political interest and ambition, by carrying out attacks against his political opponents in Imo State.
"If every citizen of the state dies in this way, would he live alone in the whole state and govern who?
"The attack on Chief Ikedi Ohakim is uncalled for, and we must stand tall in protecting our people. Not every politician is wicked. Ohakim is one of the peaceful people among the politicians in the Eastern region.
"IPOB condemns the recent attack on former Governor Ohakim. We understand that the attack was planned to achieve a political goal by the enemies of Imo indigenes because they wanted to bring their opponents in the state down and push them into submission.
"But we know that Imo indigenes are not weak.
IPOB further called on the people of Imo to brace up for the challenges ahead.
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