The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has denied issuing
a statement, which claimed the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu
Buhari, Abba Kyari, made him governor.
Kyari, who died from complications of COVID-19 on Friday,
was buried at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja on Saturday.
However, reports emerged online that Uzodinma, in his
condolence message to the president, said he would immortalise the late Kyari
over the role he played in his emergence as governor.
But, in a statement on Monday, the Chief Press Secretary to
the Governor, Oguwike Nwachuku, insisted Kyari never made Uzodinma governor.
“Since last weekend that Kyari passed on, the same persons
have been issuing press statements, forging the logo of the government and the
name of Mr. Nwachuku with the intent to deceive Imolites in particular and the
public in general into believing their propaganda and fake news to be real.
“In one of such fake statements they issued and also
circulated on social media, they mischievously credited Governor Uzodimma to
have said he would immortalise Kyari for “making him Governor.”
“How would any person believe the complete trash that
Governor Uzodimma will in a condolence letter say that the late Chief of Staff
to the President made him governor of Imo State?
“It was their desperation to deepen the propaganda and
criminal intents that drove them to the latest fake news of purported renaming
of Imo State University after Kyari, something that only exists in the
imagination of their tiny brain’s imagination.
“For the avoidance of doubt, let it be known that the two
statements in reference were not issued by the office of the CPS/Media Adviser.
“We also advise the reading public to take fake news
seriously and make conscious efforts to identify the promoters and ensure that
they join others who stand against fake news globally to make their trade
unattractive,” the statement read.
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