The Imo state government says the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has indicted itself over the security situation of the state.
This comes a day after the PDP asked governor Hope Uzodinma to resign over the heightening insecurity in the state.
Declan Emelumba, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy said that the statement credited to PDP was a self-indictment on their part.
Emelumba said that by that utterance, PDP had admitted responsibility for insecurity challenges in the state.
According to him, right from the inception of the administration of Hope Uzodimma, the PDP leaders, particularly a former Deputy Governor, Gerald Irona, had vowed to make the state ungovernable if they failed to get the review of the Supreme Court judgement on the governorship election in their favour.
He said, “It was all over the social media, where the party leadership made this threat which was even on video, and it was never denied nor retracted. The PDP has been on a mission to actualising it evidenced by the organised protests they staged in the early stages of the Uzodimma administration.
“The PDP never condemned the attacks on the correctional centre, the burnings of police stations and killings in the state, showing that they condoned the attacks.
“PDP is condoning these attacks because it seems like they are playing a script and are very happy that they have reached the climax that is why they are issuing very illogical and unreasonable demands.”
But spokesperson of PDP in the state, Ogubundu Nwadike, said that the Uzodimma’s government has failed.
According to Nwadike: “We don’t need to join issues with a government that has failed in its primary duty of securing lives and property. Imo government should seek help on what is happening here. We insist that the governor should resign for incompetence.”
