For the Imo State Commissioner of Information, Declan Emelumba, the security situation in the state has improved significantly. He blamed the crisis on bitter politics, which has been orchestrated by opponents of Governor Hope Uzodimma. Emelumba spoke to the media after inspection of some projects in the three senatorial districts of the state. MUYIWA ADEYEMI was there.
What will you say about the security situation in Imo State?
The security situation in the state has really improved because of the determination of the governor and the support of the presidency. Like we have always said, the security challenge in the state is politically motivated and those behind it have been exposed but through the support of the presidency, they are being routed because evil cannot thrive forever. There is always an expiry date to evil and that date is here, which explains why the challenge is now under control.
Let me also use this opportunity to say this: If there is anybody who needs evidence that the security challenge is politically motivated, the person should ask himself why is it that it is in the governor’s immediate enclave – Oru East, Oru West and Orsu local councils – that usually witness attacks by criminal elements. It is because they want to score a point that it is the governor’s people that are behind insecurity in the state.
When the attacks on police stations and other government facilities started, the governor moved in immediately by increasing support for security agencies and was supported by the presidency; so they couldn’t succeed in achieving their aim of making the state ungovernable, especially the capital. So the question is: Why is it that they have now diverted attention to the three councils that I mentioned? They concluded that since the governor had driven them out of Owerri, the next thing to do is to go to his place and be causing problems there but that is being addressed and the whole situation is very much.
Cov/guardian newspaper/divine Emeka
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