Ihedioha warns Uzodinma: Stop telling lies against me
The immediate past governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has accused his successor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, of telling lies against him in order to continue as the governor of the state.
Ihedioha in a statement issued by his media aide in Owerri, the state capital, Chibuike Onyeukwu, said the governor was taking credit of the projects he (Ihedioha) executed while he was the governor of the state.
He insisted that the judgment of the Supreme Court which declared Uzodinma as the duly elected governor of the state was faulty.
Ihedioha said, “We wish to inform the general public that all the claims made by the Senator concerning the Supreme Court judgment, the matters arising from it, restoration of pipe-borne water and electricity, as well as the payment of all outstanding salaries owed Imo workers, are blatant lies and deliberate distortion of facts, aimed at currying legitimacy.
“It is however not surprising to us, that Senator Uzodimma has resorted to telling lies to the people of Imo and Nigerians on the true state of affairs in Imo State.
“Firstly, we bear no grudge on his statement that the Supreme Court can not review its January 14, 2020 judgement. That is the extent he knows, in order to sustain his deception and illegitimate government.
“Truth remains that he is quite convinced that his position is founded on clear illegitimacy. Hence, he is not expected to say anything different from what he feels will interest his very few supporters.
“Senator Uzodinma, by claiming that time for election petition has elapsed, was playing to the gallery. He engaged in a failed ambush of the Supreme Court. The Court knows that Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has a very good case as shown in all the glaring facts of the matter and so does not require his lame opinion.
“On his false claim that he paid all outstanding salaries of Imo workers, it is on record that Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha restored the salaries of the entire workers in the service from 70% to 100% as well as pensions and they were paid as and when due to Imo workers until the Supreme Court judgement.
“Senator Uzodimma also claimed that no governor had visited State Secretariat, Owerri. This is the height of mockery of the collective workforce in the state. It is well known that Rt. Hon. Ihedioha visited state Secretariat on the 2nd of July, 2019. During that visit, he addressed very happy and enthusiastic workers who genuinely threw their support behind his administration.
“But from media reports, Senator Uzodinma on arrival at the Secretariat met a hostile and gloomy staff who are still in shock at the pronouncement that put him in the position he is illegitimately occupying.
“We reckon that a few days ago, Senator Uzodimma assured his audience that he was going to continue from where Governor Ihedioha stopped. Little did we think that he meant taking credit for the signature project achievements by Governor Ihedioha.
“While it lasted, we would implore him to desist from further attempts to pool wool in the eyes of the people with lies.” Punch
