Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State on Saturday said “political bandits” were responsible for the burning of the country home of the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor.
Uzodimma in a statement in Owerri, the state capital, said it was shameful that political figures in the state could allegedly target the country home of such a figure for arson.
According to him, the state government and security agencies will identify and punish the perpetrators.
He bemoaned the incessant resort to violence in settling political differences by some politicians in the state and warned that the government would no longer condone such banditry.
“The time of those who unleash this kind of mayhem in the state is over. We shall hunt them down to face the full weight of the law,” he said.
Uzodimma wondered why the bandits should attack the home of a man who was not a politician but a statesman working for the good of the entire Igbo race.
He said it was shameful that both the sponsors and perpetrators of the violence deployed their malicious attack on an innocent man.
While commiserating with Prof Obiozor on the burning of his home, he assured Imo people that government would continue to do all within its constitutional powers to protect lives and property in the state.
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