Uzodinma according to Imo State Commissioner for Information, Emelumba, has no VP ambition, either now or in 2027
By Kehinde Okeowo
Imo State Government has refuted claims that the State Governor, Hope Uzodinma and All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje are planning to run for the offices of Vice President and President respectively in 2027.
This was made known via a press statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information, Public Orientation and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, who described the report as “fake and malicious”.
According to him, the circulation of such posters on social media is the handiwork of mischief makers trying to cause tension between the governor and Mr President.
He went on to say at no time did the governor contemplate running as Vice President of Nigeria.
Addressing the innuendos, Emelumba said, “Everyone in Nigeria is quite aware that Uzodimma is one of the fiercest supporters of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu and has canvassed national support for him to succeed in his assignment.
“It is both laughable and preposterous. Apart from the governor being engrossed in discharging his second term mandate, he has also been supporting Mr President, so where does this malicious misinformation spring from?”
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He further accused opponents of the President Tinubu-led administration of engaging in the propagation of fake news.
The Commissioner also pointed out that with the failure of the recent protest aimed at bringing down the government, the opposition had devised another means of dividing the ruling party.
He counselled the purveyors of what he described as a tissue of lies to “desist from their serpentine activities capable of undermining the peaceful coexistence between the federal and the state governments.”
He added, “For the avoidance of doubt, His Excellency, Senator Hope Uzodinma has no Vice presidential ambition, either now or in 2027. Any information to the contrary is fake, malicious and spurious and should therefore be ignored.”