Emelumba regretted that Ugochinyere had become “notorious in levelling spurious allegations” against the Imo governor, “all in the name of attracting undue national attention”.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Imo State Government has denied having anything to do with the attack on the Akokwa country home of the spokesman of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Ugochinyere.
The CUPP spokesman lost his uncle and two others in the attack held over the weekend at Umukegwu, Akokwa in Ideato North Local Government Area.
On Sunday, the Imo PDP Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor, at a news briefing in Owerri accused the state government of being responsible for the attack.
Opurozor described the attack as “an attempt to intimidate and silence Imo PDP”.
In reaction on Monday, Imo State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, stated 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.
“Ugochinyere is so inconsequential, with microscopic importance in the political firmament of the state to warrant any attention, talkless of torching his house.
“At any rate, Gov. Hope Uzodimma has been in politics for more than 40 years and has never been linked to any kind of violence,” Emelumba said.
He also said it was “unfortunate and pathetic” that in his quest for attention, Ugochinyere did not hesitate to drag the State Government into his “habitual, messy, tissue of lies”.
“His ordeal is certainly not from Imo Government,” the commissioner added.
Emelumba regretted that Ugochinyere had become “notorious in levelling spurious allegations” against the Imo governor, “all in the name of attracting undue national attention”.
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He, however, expressed delight that none of all the allegations made by the CUPP spokesman against Uzodimma had ever been proven to be true.
“From the so-called Omuma voter register’s magic to all his insults on the governor and the current one, all are mere falsehood aimed at attracting undue attention to himself,” he stated.
The commissioner further stated that it was curious that the PDP had found its voice to condemn the attack because their member was involved.
He noted that from the burning of the governor’s country home to the recent attack on former governor Ikedi Ohakim, PDP had never deemed it fit to condemn the security breaches in the state.
Emelumba said that Ugochinyere “could have possibly stage-managed the burning of his property just to attract attention to himself and call the government a bad name”.
He, therefore, called on security agencies to investigate the action with a view to establishing the culprits.