The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says Governor Hope Uzodinma has plunged the state into unprecedented deepening security crisis and that his government has failed on all fronts.
Recall that Uzodinma on Wednesday had said Imo was a cemetery and comatose when he assumed office but he revived it.
But reacting to the governors claims, the opposition party, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor, in Owerri, said there is no iota of truth in Uzodinma assertions.
He said Imo has fallen into a pitiable state since Uzodinma took over, noting that the state which knew no violence, is now a city of blood and a valley of death.
He that Uzodinma, who was charmed by the glory he saw, while taking his oath of office, vowed to continue with all the lofty initiatives of the past PDP administration. But unfortunately, he has now plunged Imo into a cemetery.
PDP statement reads, “More than half of Imo territory is presently under the occupation of bandits, terrorists, kidnappers, and other non-state actors who levy death upon Imo people day after day. Farmers have abandoned their farmlands and the logical outcome has been an unprecedented rise in poverty and starvation, including crime.
“It is shameful that while Imo people are slaughtered daily by terrorists, the only thing Senator Uzodinma thinks of is how to politicise and profit from the unfortunate situation. It is irresponsible that a government would seek to frame its perceived foes with insecurity, which it has an obligation to solve.
“Equity demands that Senator Uzodinma should not present himself as a candidate in the forthcoming governorship election, since he hails from Orlu Zone, which has held power for twenty years in the last twenty-four years. Those backing his inordinate ambition do not mean well for the state, and they must stop forthwith.
“Worse still, the local government system, which is a mechanism put in place by law to expand and sustain the democratic space and to spread democratic values, has been destroyed in Imo. This is a huge tragedy! Imo is a state that has over seventy percent of its entire population living in rural areas. Yet, the only channel through which governance can be delivered to the people has been completely run aground.
“Senator Uzodinma must, without any further delay, tell the people the whereabouts of the N206 billion he has received from the local governments.
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