The Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP, has described the latest State of the State deal with delivered by Governor Hope Uzodinma throughout his official go to to the State Home of Meeting as deceptive, missing in fact, and devoid of transparency.
The occasion additional acknowledged that the governor’s speech uncovered the weak spot of the current administration in tackling the insecurity and financial hardship dealing with the state.
A press assertion issued by the occasion’s spokesperson, Lancelot Obiaku, mentioned that the deal with introduced by Uzodinma was “filled with vacancy, uninspiring with previous tales with out constructive future.”
Based on the assertion: “There was nothing new from his final deal with a 12 months and half in the past. He actually learn the identical script however an edited model bearing a brand new set of lies and make-believe.
“Uzodinma once more, spent high quality minutes blaming an unnamed opposition for the insecurity that has ravaged the state since his notorious ascension to energy as governor in 2020. It was the identical previous and empty rhetoric. As well as, he lied that his administration has now overcome the menace of insecurity.”
Obiaku asserted that it’s unbelievable and unlucky that Uzodinma’s administration is claiming to have overcome insecurity, whereas many components of the state are presently dealing with extreme safety challenges.
“Okigwe, Onuimo, Ihitte-Uboma, Owerri West, Oguta, Ngor-Okpala, Orsu, and Orlu LGAs are at the moment underneath the siege of hoodlums, kidnappers, terrorists, and organ harvesters. He deliberately forgot that on Might 6, 2025, a tragic incident occurred in Ngor-Okpala the place 26 passengers had been kidnapped on the Owerri-Aba highway and one in all them reportedly shot useless on the spot by suspected Fulani terrorists.
“The whereabouts of the remainder 25 are unknown up until at present. Additionally, on Might 8, in what has turn out to be a routine strike in some LGAs, unknown gunmen launched assault in Umuna in Okigwe LGA, burning over twenty vehicles, razing retailers, and reportedly taking greater than 20 harmless lives, leaving many households in agony,” Obiaku additional acknowledged.
The PDP spokesperson additionally identified that many lives of Imo residents had been misplaced in Agwa neighborhood, Oguta LGA, to assaults by suspected Fulani terrorists.
Based on him, Amakohia-Ubi in Owerri West LGA can be experiencing fixed assaults from related incidents allegedly masterminded by the identical armed Fulani herdsmen.
He additional famous that the scenario stays the identical in some components of Avu, Obinze, and Okuku, the place it instances of kidnapping, ritual killings, and terrorist assaults are reportedly spreading each day.
The Imo State PDP spokesperson accused Gov Uzodinma of turning a deaf ear to the latest assaults, pretending his administration has not failed in securing the lives and property of Imo folks.
“After spending over an hour massaging his ego, and reeling off his purported achievements, Gov Uzodinma didn’t inform Imo folks how a lot has accrued to the state, each as federal allocation to the state and native governments, intervention funds, and internally generated income, within the final 5 years, and the way they had been spent,” Obiaku added.
He famous that the primary side of the occasion was uncared for, declaring that the Governor couldn’t reply questions on contracts claimed by his administration, or say to whom they had been awarded.
“The latest State of the State deal with by Gov Uzodinma like another he did previously is a mere jamboree. It’s nugatory, empty and ineffective,” he concluded.
