The Imo government has accused Rochas Okorocha, a former
governor of the state, of inciting youths to destroy state property.
The state made the allegation in a statement released by
Declan Emelumba, commissioner for information, on Friday.
On Monday, gunmen attacked the correctional centre and the
police command headquarters in Owerri, the state capital.
Over 1,500 prisoners were reportedly freed in the attacks.
Hope Uzodinma, the state governor, blamed politicians for
the incidents.
But Okorocha, who represents Imo west at the senate, said
the governor should approach him for counsel rather than politicise the
security situation.
“The recent attacks on the police headquarters and the
correctional centre in Imo State, the unending herdsmen crises, the banditry,
the unending Boko Haram, kidnapping – these are all products of poverty and
injustice,” Okorocha said.
“While I call for
peace and understanding, we have a duty as leaders to correct these ugly issues
of injustices and poverty which are ravaging the country.
“Whoever is saying politicians are involved is trying to
politicize the whole thing. I don’t think that any sane politician will go and
ask youths to shoot at the police headquarters and all that.”
The commissioner flayed the former governor for blaming the
attacks on poverty and injustice, saying Okorocha kept the people impoverished
during his tenure.
Emelumba said Okorocha has refused to condemn the Imo
attacks, adding that the former governor has been inciting northern youths to
destroy state property.
“He is reaping
political capital over the unfortunate incidents and had even gone ahead to
incite northerners against the government and people of Imo state,” he said.
“It is a direct slap on the face of Imo people for Okorocha
to say that the cause of the security breaches in the state was poverty and
injustice when he greatly impoverished Imo people by mindlessly appropriating
their commonwealth in a most unjust manner, as established by the judicial
commissions of inquiry that investigated his tenure in office.
“Do you know the collateral damage that rascality and
indiscretion has cost Ndigbo? As I speak, Northern youths are planning attacks
against Igbo property in the north because someone chose to sell out for
political patronage.”
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