IgbereTV reports that Governor Hope Uzodimma's convoy was attacked on Monday August 17, while on the Governor was on his way to the 34 Attilary Brigade in Obinze, to inaugurate an officers mess built by the state government.

While the hoodlums armed with guns and machetes claimed to be staff members of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) and also disclosed they were protesting non-payment of their salaries, the state government said its position that most of the protests in the state were sponsored by the opposition had been vindicated.

The state Commissioner of Police Isaac Akinmoyede who confirmed the arrest of 15 suspects linked to the attack, said they were arrested with one locally-made pistol, two machetes, a mask, a chain and a padlock. He also disclosed that the incident which occurred around Concord area of New Owerri, did not claim any life.

Akinmoyede said:

“They attacked the vehicles in the convoy with a locally made pistol and machetes.

“But in the process, windscreens of some of the vehicles in the convoy were smashed and the vehicles damaged."

The police commissioner said that the suspects have been handed over to state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation and prosecution.

https://igberetvnews.com/1361696/gunmen-attack-governor-uzodinmas-convoy-police-arrest-15-suspects/

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Even though he's a supreme court governor, this attack must be condemned. Politicians must learn to settle scores without taking laws into Their hands. This one no follow at all.

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You see why we say the people must choose their leaders not the court
This man is not loved
How someone who came 4th became the winner still baffles me

Abouwaza:
You see why we say the people must choose their leaders not the court
This man is not loved
How someone who came 4th became the winner still baffles me

Will you say the same about bayelsa governor that was installed by supreme Court? or it is hypocrisy on the play

Opposition party at work, I no call any party name oo.

IamWonderful:
Will you say the same about bayelsa governor that was installed by supreme Court? or it is hypocrisy on the play

Go check what I said the moment he was sacked yesterday
I'm not a politician
We say it just the way it is

Read between the lines, this wasn't an attack rather a peaceful protest. The Governor hates protest and thank goodness this is a democracy.

Don't buy the allegation of guns and machetes. These are government workers that have been denied their monthly wages.

While the hoodlums armed with guns and machetes claimed to be staff members of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) and also disclosed they were protesting non-payment of their salaries

Imo people are sad because of uzodimma hope emergence as governor.

IamWonderful:
Will you say the same about bayelsa governor that was installed by supreme Court? or it is hypocrisy on the play

Although I condemn the attack on the governor, but it is apparent that the people do no love him. The basis for bayelsa was quite different from that of Imo, you can never say the court should stand aloof when an outright abuse of electoral actis been perpetrated. Fielding an ineligible candidate leaves the court with no option than to declare Diri, because he was having the second highest votes. But in Imo, it was a case of irregularities in the election vis a vis counting the ballot, the best the court could have done was to nullify the election and declare a rerun. Delclaring a candidate who came fourth, under any guise, was wrong and condemnable. This is what such a declaration can cause.