There is tension in Imo State as Governor Hope Uzodimma, is expected to mention those sponsoring insecurity in Imo State at a stakeholders meeting.
The meeting, earlier scheduled to hold at Ahiajoku Convention Centre, will now take at the Exco Chambers , Government House, Owerri on Tuesday, January 4.
The meeting is coming on the heels of an alarm raised by the State government of a plot to arrest security officers attached to Governor Uzodimma.
In a statement signed by Chief Press Secretary to Governor Uzodimma, Marcel Oguwike stated that “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”
He described the report of the arrest of the Governor’s security aides as poorly scripted fabrication intended to mislead the public.
He revealed that “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”