Senator Hope Uzodinma, the Imo State All Progressives Congress, APC governorship candidate has cleared the air over his reported arrest by the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property. In a statement issued by the Director of Media and Special Duties of the Hope Uzodinma Campaign Organization, Declan Emelumba, the Senator claimed reports suggesting he was arrested were false.
He explained that although the Panel attempted to arrest him, they fled when he requested for the warrant of arrest. He accused the Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha of being behind the attempt to destroy his political image, after he defeated him to secure the party's governorship ticket.
“Okorocha has refused to come to grips with reality that his son in-law, Uche Nwosu, will not be his successor in 2019, and that he is, therefore, out to damage APC and its governorship candidate in Imo State. If there was any arrest, is it not the press department of the panel that will issue such a statement to the entire media.
“It is very obvious that Okorocha and his people are behind this evil story. They have planned so much against the APC governorship candidate, from the phony dud cheque issue to a non-existent non-assets declaration charge.
“Their latest plot is this Calabar dredging contract. However, they should know that the company handling the Calabar dredging contract is Calabar Channels Management Company in which Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has 60% equity shares.
“So, if there is anybody to be arrested for anything, then it is the Managing Director of NPA and not a minority partner, Niger Global, in which Uzodinma is a shareholder.
“The fact that simultaneously as they planted the Punch online story, their own so called state publicity secretary of APC Imo State, Onwuasonya FCC Jones, issued a press release celebrating the false arrest, shows clearly that they are behind the whole plot.”
