From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
The Imo Progressives Movement (IPM), a campaign organ of Governor Hope Uzodinma, has described his election victory as a terrible blow to his political detractors and enemies of the state.
Briefing newsmen on Tuesday, Convener, facilitator of the group and lawmaker representing Ohaji/Egbema,Oguta and Oru West Federal Constituency, Eugene Dibiagwu said his victory is an indication of the peoples desire for peace despite his detractors instigation of anarchy in the State.
He said “His victory is a testament to Imo people’s genuine desire for a peaceful, united and more prosperous state. It is a fatal blow to the forces of retrogression that conspired to drag Imo into darkness in their desperate quest for state power.
“The people have won. The collective interest of our state has prevailed. God never fails in vindicating the righteous. Senator Hope Uzodinma is Godsent and the people’s choice.
“As we celebrate this victory, it is necessary for Imo people to always remember the lessons which the governorship election has taught us. The lessons are many, and they are fundamental.
“First, our progress as a state requires that we must shun those who were prepared to burn down everything in the state for the sake of their self-serving political ambitions.
“What we witnessed in Imo a few weeks to the election confirmed that some political power seekers in the state, especially those who contrived, aided and abetted the illegal and needless NLC impasse and willfully created the blackout in the state, are truly enemies of Imo state who could hurt the lives and livelihoods of our people just to acquire power.
“They brought agony, misery and pain upon our people. They are never role models in civilized politicking. The need to start restitution by first apologizing to Imo people,” Dibiagwu said.
He also added “Second, a segment of the Imo political elite, which cannot boast of bringing any investment to the state to empower our teeming young population, showed incredible readiness to mobilize hundreds of millions of naira to sponsor false narratives in the national media about our state. This is deeply pathetic.
“To pursue their agenda of regime change, they painted the wrong picture of an Imo that has become uninhabitable; a land of blood and fire.
“It would have been catastrophic for our state to fall into the hands of those who never prepared for governance, people who have no agenda for the welfare and well-being of the people. Giving them power would have meant a victory for bloodshed and the triumph of evil over good. It would have been really catastrophic,” Dibiagwu stated.