The Deputy Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly, Hon Amara Iwuanyanwu, Majority Leader, Hon Kanayo Onyemaechi and Hon Sam Osuji, have in a release they signed for Orlu, Owerri and Okigwe Senatorial zones respectively all of who endorsed a release onbehalf of Imo Leaders’ of Thought have warned those they described as zealous political actors and their cohorts who have taken advantage of the orchestrated and politically twisted Imo Charter of Equity to make inflammable statements that are capable of causing rancor and acrimony in the state to retrace their steps or face the imminent consequences of their actions and utterances.
The legislators on behalf of their respective senatorial zones expressed dismay that some political actors who benefit from crisis situation are taking advantage of the debate on which zone will produce the next governor of the state in line with the Imo Charter of Equity to sow seeds of discord with a view to causing disaffection, and skirmishes that will generate bad blood among the diverse groups in the state.
They warned those involved in the clandestine and nortunal activities that are capable of truncating the existing peace, tranquility and mutual-coexistence in the state to desist forthwith or be held responsible for their actions and utterances.
“Imo State belongs to all of us.There are no individuals or zones that are adorned with a superior badge of Imo indigeneship over others. This becomes worrisome when some persons arrogate nonexistent relevance and importance to themselves as exponents of the Charter of Equity and political warlords.These individuals have engaged in series of surreptitious activities that are capable of shattering the highly cherished, nurtured and sustained peace enterprise of the state. This obviously threatens and exposes the fragile security situation of the State to greater propensity of danger and there is no reason why this deliberate machination to induce crises and distract the government of Imo State under Senator Hope Uzodimma should be allowed to continue”.
“It has become pertinent and obviously compelling to unequivocally state that those behind this regime of unwarranted skirmishes and orchestration of hate, divisiveness and narrow cleavages in the hideous and deceptive name of Charter of Equity should be retrace their steps or be held responsible in the event of civil unrest or turmoil of any sort in the state. The Government and the good people of Imo should take appropriate measures to curtail the excesses of these selfish political actors and trouble makers who are on a voyage of mischief and bent on either having their way or inflicting destruction on the polity of the State. All men and women of goodwill should rise in unison to condemn this mode of desperation that is likely to cause ruin. Political power is not a do or die affair! Imo State belongs to the three component zones, and no person should be allowed to appropriate sectional garb in pretense to escalate unnecessary irredentism and hold the state to ransom because of the quest for power. Enough of these excesses and undue rascality. We say no to paid political mercenaries. We say no to non-state actor politicians. We say no to doublefaced town criers and gullible politicians, we say no to recharge card politicians.
“Governor Hope UZODINMA is laying a strong development foundation in infrastructure , human development, building trust in governance that who ever that succeeds him will have a smooth ride in governance the same way the Commander in Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu laid a strong foundation in Lagos State. Hence, Lagos of today is growing in infrastructure and economic development.
