Uzodinma Was Never Attacked – Media Office

By Charles Igbo

“They wish the purported attack on me – Uzodinma”

The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, was never under attack by any gunmen, both the Governor and his Media Office have said.

In the aftermath of the murder of a PDP Chieftain,  Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, in the State on May 30  a viral video had surfaced of a Governor’s convoy under attack. It was depicted to he that of the Imo State Governor, with a caption, “Governor Hope Uzodinma’s convoy under attack by unknown gunmen.” That was on May 30, 2021.

Again, on May 31, another video appeared with a caption, “Governor Hope Uzodinma currently under attack by unknown gunmen. Narrowly escapes.”

The Governor’s Media Office  has debunked the viral video. They said that the Governor was never under attack.

Also, in a broadcast to the State on Monday May 31 where he bemoaned the murder of Gulak, Uzodinma debunked the viral video and added: “That is what they wish for me.”

An interrogation of the video by this magazine shows that  it was the convoy of the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, when it came under attack in 2020. Zulum was not on the convoy. His convoy was going to pick him when it was attacked by Boko Haram insurgents who had laid an ambush. Nobody was killed.

In a statement debunking the fake video that Uzodinma came under attack by unknown gunmen,  his Social Media office noted:

“We have seen a video making the rounds on social media and some other conventional media platforms of a purported attack on the convoy of the state Governor.

“While the video lacks clarity of whose convoy it is and where the attack took place, we make bold to say that it is not the convoy of Gov. Hope Uzodimma and this never happened anywhere in Imo State.

“It is appalling that while the State Government is earnestly seeking for ways to restore peace and order in the state, mischief makers can only come up with this stage-managed video of an attack on the Governor.

“Imolites are enjoined to again treat this video as trash, a comical conspiracy and the handiwork of the enemies of the state and be rest assured that in no distant time, Imo state will bounce back to what it is known for which is peace.”