The Imo State Government says Rochas Okorocha, the senator representing Imo West, and Uche Nwosu, former governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), have been named by suspects as sponsors of kidnapping and banditry in the state.
Oguwike Nwachuku, Chief Press Secretary to Hope Uzodimma, governor of the state, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
He said the duo were funding violence in the state.
The spokesman pointedly accused them of fuelling “kidnapping, banditry, arson and cannibalism”.
Nwachuku said they had been promoting news of the alleged arrest of the security officers attached to Uzodimma.
He
noted that the aim was to stop the governor’s vow to expose the
identities of those behind insecurity and other forms of criminality in
Imo.
Nwachuku said the governor would name the sponsors of banditry
and kidnapping in the state at a stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday.
“For
the avoidance of doubt, Okorocha and Nwosu have been specifically
mentioned by suspects who are in the custody of security agents, as
being sponsors of kidnapping and banditry in Imo State, using their
relationship with former ex-militants to perpetrate the crimes,” the
statement read.
“Rather than clear their names, they appear bent on
using both overt and covert means to blackmail the Police High Command,
which legitimately arrested Uche Nwosu. They are also actively seeking
to dent the image of the fine security officers attached to the Governor
of Imo State.
“Plot by those believed to be fueling insecurity,
particularly kidnapping, banditry, arson and cannibalism in Imo State
ahead of January 4, 2022 Imo Stakeholders meeting got to a head on
Monday with false news of the alleged arrest of the security officers
attached to Governor Hope Uzodimma.
“Governor Uzodimma, it is
believed, will use the Stakeholders meeting to expose the identities of
those behind insecurity and other forms of criminality in Imo State.
This has prompted Imo citizens to become more curious to discover the
identities of those undermining their peace and prosperity. Thus, the
current media frenzy by both Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu appears to
be strengthening the notion of their culpability.
“To discredit the
government and undermine the peace which the Governor has achieved so
far, as was evident in the large number of Imo people who came back home
from around the world for Christmas and New Year festivities, the duo
have resorted to publishing falsehood yet again about security officers
in the State Government House.
“Their claim of the arrest and
detention of a certain Shaba, whom they falsely allege to be the CSO to
the Imo State Governor is strange as the Governor’s CSO is not known by
the name of Shaba both officially and otherwise. In addition, no
security officer in the Governor’s security team was either arrested or
is currently unaccounted for. As such, the entire story can best be
described as a poorly scripted fabrication aimed at misleading the
unsuspecting public.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Okorocha and Nwosu
have been specifically mentioned by suspects who are in the custody of
security agents, as being sponsors of kidnapping and banditry in Imo
State, using their relationship with former ex-militants to perpetrate
the crimes.
“Rather than clear their names, they appear bent on using
both overt and covert means to blackmail the Police High Command, which
legitimately arrested Uche Nwosu. They are also actively seeking to
dent the image of the fine security officers attached to the Governor of
Imo State.”
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