The Imo State Government on Tuesday said that there was no
iota of truth in the allegation made by Uche Nwosu that the state governor,
Hope Uzodinma, had a hand in his arrest by the police.
The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan
Emelumba, said Nwosu was misled the public.
He said this while responding to Nwosu’s claim that Uzodinma
masterminded his arrest at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama Obaire in the
Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.
Nwosu had on Tuesday morning addressed a press conference,
chronicling how he was arrested, bundled to Abuja through Enugu airport
allegedly on the orders of the governor of the state.
But Emelumba, in response, said that only time would tell if
Nwosu was innocent or not.
The statement read “The attention of Imo State Government
has been drawn to a spurious and baseless allegation by Uche Nwosu who was
recently arrested by the police, for a yet-to-be-disclosed crime, that the
state government was behind his arrest.
“This is a malicious concoction, that can only be made up by
a drowning man.
“It is pitiable that rather than go into a sobering
reflection on his arrest, Nwosu, upon his release on bail was in a hurry to
allege without any proof, that his arrest was masterminded by Imo State
Government.
“There is no truth whatsoever in that allegation as it is a
figment of his imagination. It is natural for a drowning man to clutch on any
available straw to save himself. But spurious and baseless allegations are not
the kind of the straw that can save a drowning man.
“It is quite curious
that in all of Imo State, it was only Uche Nwosu that the police targeted to
arrest in such a manner for no just reason? Only time will tell.
“It should be emphasized that the government of Senator Hope
Uzodinma does not believe in tyranny or lawless behavior as was in the case
when Uche Nwosu was the defacto Deputy Governor of the state.
“This Government believes in rule of law and due process and
would not attempt to usurp the Constitutional responsibility of the security
agencies.
“However, we believe that in the fullness of time, Imo
people and indeed Nigerians will be apprised by the relevant agencies who the
bandits in the state are and the real reason for the arrest of Uche Nwosu.
“No amount of blackmail and infantile vituperation against
the Government would obliterate the fact that the police have opened a case
against Uche Nwosu and he will sooner than later give an account of his
actions. A word should be enough for the wise.”
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