Gov Hope Uzodinma Dismisses Claims Government Is Behind Banditry In Nigeria

Gov Hope Uzodinma

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has rubbished claims in some quarters that the government is behind the insecurity ravaging the country.

While speaking to state house correspondents on Tuesday, April 19, Gov Uzodinma wondered how feasible it would be for the governors of Imo, Kaduna and Ebonyi to be happy with the destruction of property and lives in their respective states.

 “I’m no longer in doubt as to who are the sponsors of banditry in Nigeria. Those who want to make Nigeria ungovernable cannot be the people governing Nigeria currently. After all, we don’t have elections this year. Elections should start by next year.  Nigerians should be more patriotic, our national interest should be uppermost in our minds.” he said.

 He added that two bandits were arrested after the killing of an officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission and were assisting the police in the ongoing investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killing of the INEC staffer working on the voters' registration exercise.