Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has reacted to the alleged killing of some youths in the state on Sunday.
Recall that some residents claimed that 14 youths were killed on Sunday, July 17, as they were returning from a traditional wedding ceremony from Awomamma in Oru East local government to Otulu community in Oru West Local government area of the state.
Governor Uzodimma has now said that the men shot dead were bandits and not wedding guests and it was not Ebube Agu that shot them, but it was the Department of State Services, DSS operatives that carried out the raid.
He disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, through his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Oguwike Nwachukwu, after a security council meeting at the government house in Owerri, regarding the incident.
Uzodimma said for now the DSS had briefed his government in an interim report made available to him.
According to the statement, “Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has said that the government will not be deterred by propaganda and blackmail in her quest to protect the lives and property of Imo citizens.
“The government had been briefed on the incident by the DSS in an interim report made available to members of the Security Council.
“The DSS Director confirmed that his men carried out an operation in a Camp at Awommama with the assistance of their informant and not at a wedding place, as claimed by the youths and that it was in the process that some bandits were neutralised.
“The Security Council awaits a detailed report on the incident. It is important that the public are wary of those using the incident as a propaganda tool to blackmail the security agencies and the government.
“Governor Uzodimma also used the opportunity to describe as a fallacy, the claim on the social media and section of the traditional media about a 15-year-old girl allegedly impregnated in the DSS detention.
