The Imo State Government had denied any immediate or remote involvement in the alleged burning of houses and vehicles belonging to a self-acclaimed opposition spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere.
It said Ugochinyere is so inconsequential with microscopic importance in the political firmament of the State to warrant any attention, talkless of torching his house.
In a statement in Owerri yesterday the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon Declan Emelumba, noted that Ugochinyere does not pose any threat to the Government, nor does he have any capacity to do so, to warrant any form of attention.
“At any rate, His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodimma, the Executive Governor of Imo state has been in politics for more than 40 years and has never been linked to any kind of violence,” Emelumba submitted.
He said it was unfortunate and pathetic that in his quest for attention, Ugochinyere does not hesitate to drag the State Government into his habitual, messy, tissue of lies.
According to the Commissioner , Ugochinyere is queer and perverted in every sense of the word, resulting in a manifest, lifelong cantankerous conduct that has defined his infantile political adventure for long. Naturally, he picks enemies the way magnet picks pin and therefore should look inward to know where his problem emanated.
Said he: “A man who is at loggerhead with his party national chairman, a man who is working with anti-democratic forces to cancel the upcoming elections and a man at loggerhead with some of his kinsmen should know when nemesis is after him and stop crying wolf. His ordeal is certainly not from Imo State Government”
Emelumba regretted that Ugochinyere has become notorious in levelling spurious allegations against Governor Hope Uzodimma, all in the name of attracting undue national attention.
He however expressed satisfaction that none of all the allegations made by the self acclaimed opposition spokesman against Uzodimma had ever been proven to be true.
“From the so-called Omuma voters register magic to all his insults on the Governor and the current one, all of them are mere falsehood aimed at attracting undue attention to himself. “
The Commissioner noted that Ugochinyere has lived a life of falsehood and violence, the reason he is always afraid of his shadows.
He said it was curious that PDP has found its voice to condemn the latest act of violence in the State because their member is involved.
He noted that from the burning of the Governor’s country home to the recent attack on former Governor Ikedi Ohakim, PDP has never deemed it fit to condemn the security breaches in the State.
Emelumba said that while he has refused to believe that an obviously demented mind and attention seeker can stage-manage the burning of his property just to attract attention to himself and call the Government a bad name, it still remains a possibility.
He therefore called on security agencies to investigate the action with a view to establishing the culprits.
INSECURITY: APC CHIEFTAIN ACCUSES OPPOSITION, ESN OF BEEN RESPONSIBLE IN IMO
The former chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State Chief Marcillinus Nlemgbo has accused opposition parties and ESN/IPOB of being responsible for the high level of insecurity in the state.
Nlemigbo said, “it is uncharitable for some individuals to accuse the state government of sponsoring terrorism and skirmishes in some parts of the state, insisting that desperate power thirsty members of the opposition parties and the restive Eastern Security Network (ESN) were behind the ceaseless mayhem”.
According to him, “the state government was rather doing her best to install a conducive atmosphere for the conduct of the polls while ensuring that registered voters collect their PVCs from INEC prescribed centres”.
Chief Nlemigbo who spoke in an interaction with newsmen in Owerri charged stakeholders in the state to sensitize their people on the need for a peaceful election insisting that a government installed with the people’s mandate could not turn round to kill the very people that brought it to power.
It is either the opposition or those seeking Biafra are causing the problem in the state I advise the people to ignore these people particularly somebody who is resident in Finland and from there is directing our people to sit-at-home with disastrous consequences on our Economy.
“As a responsible government, we are interested to guide the state and ensure that the state does not go up in flames because of an election”.
The politician who is also the President General of the “Mbaike People Assembly” said that the apex socio cultural umbrella body of Mbaitoli and Ikeduru council areas is out to give her younger ones a sense of belonging, encourage them to go to school, learn trade, join the police or the armed forces and be committed in whatever positive venture they venture into.
While soliciting the continued cooperation and support of the media in the dissemination of government programmes Chief Nlemigbo said that the Mbaike People Assembly had resolved to retain the zoning of the House of Representatives seat for the 2 council areas for justice and equity to reign.
