Ugochinyere accuses Uzodinma of fueling insecurity in South East

By Emmy Joe

A representative of Imo state at the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere has accused the Imo state government under the leadership of Hope Uzodinma of fueling the ongoing crisis in the SouthEast region.

Making these allegations while appearing on Arise Tv’s morning show on Monday, Mr Ugochinyere alleged that while some governors were genuinely working to put an end to the ongoing crisis marauding the South-East region, others were happy and were in support of the chaos.

He accused the Imo governor of running a political outfit which he uses to witch-hunt his political opponents.

“Some of the governors in the South East are enjoying the crisis. Some of the governors like the confusion because possibly, they are benefitting in this atmosphere of insecurity and feeling of being unsafe by our people. And some of them, let me say boldly without mincing any words, recruited vigilante groups from neighbouring states into their state security architecture, and then what you see is that the same security vigilante people they recruited turned to be unknown gunmen, also, part of the problem, ” Mr Ugochinyere said.

“Of course, the governor of Imo State, the vigilante he is running, is a political outfit that is going after his political opponents. Houses are being burnt, people are being killed left, right, and center… I am saying that he is fuelling the crisis, and I have evidence to back that,” he added.

Ugochinyere revealed that the Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo will hold a meeting where they intend to present solutions for the insecurity and economic problems in the South East.

“Lawmakers in the South East are working together, especially at the House of Representatives, where we have started meeting on how to form a common position in tackling all these challenges.”