The People Democratic Party has described as unfortunate the inability of the Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodinma, to stem the rising insecurity in the state.
The spokesman for the imo Pdp 2023 Gubernatorial campaign, Barr. Gozie Nwachukwu disclosed this during a press conference held in Owerri, the state capital on Tuesday.
Nwachukwu, who was flanked by the director of New Media, Imo Pdp 2023 gubernatorial campaign organization, Dumebi Ifeanyichukwu, said the governor has been missing in action while insecurity remains a concern.
He further lamented the governor’s absence from the state for over 40 days since the swearing-in of the Tinubu govt, he said that Uzodinmma had relocated to Abuja and abdicated his constitutional responsibility of ensuring that the lives and property of imo people are secured.
He added that instead, non-state actors recruited by Uzodinmma had taken over the constitutional roles of the security agencies in imo state and that this may have contributed to the terrible security situation in imo state.
“In the last seven days, parts of Imo state … bullets rained in Imo. We are seriously worried,” said the party’s publicist.
He then called on President Bola Tinubu to set up an independent investigation into the wanton killings in the state.
“That’s why we are calling on the President and the Commander-in-Chief to please urgently set up an independent, discreet fact-finding team devoid of any contribution by Hope Uzodinma and his cohorts.”
The PDP spokesman also seized the opportunity to extend heartfelt commiseration from the party’s Gubernatorial Candidate, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu, to those that have suffered irreparable and terrible losses as a result of the collapsed security architecture in the state.
This comes a few days after suspected gunmen burnt part of the Amaraku market in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State
The hoodlums, who rained terror on Friday, also razed vehicles and goods belonging to traders, mostly women, and fled to another community, Obolo, also in the LGA, where they burnt some commercial vehicles.
A non-government organisation, The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, claimed that “no fewer than 1600 unarmed citizens of Imo State have been killed while 300 others disappeared without trace between January 2021 and May 2023, a period of 29 months.”
Credit: The Guardian