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From Okey Sampson, Umuahia and Sunday Ani
Former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has accused Governor Hope Uzodimma of character defamation, warning he would no longer allow him have his way.
In a release by his media adviser, Chibuike Onyeukwu entitled: “When silence is not golden” Ihedioha accused Uzodimma of being the mastermind of a letter in circulation, purported to have been written by him to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, advising him not to honour the Appeal Court judgement that discharged and acquitted Nnamdi Kanu, leader of IPOB in order not to imperil the 2023 elections.
He pointedly accused Uzodimma of being behind the spurious allegation, saying if anyone should be afraid of a free Nnamdi Kanu, it should be Uzodimma and not him.
Ihedioha said since his ouster by the country’s apex court, he had decided to keep quite for obvious reasons, but added he has decided not to keep silent again in the face of criminal defamation of his character.
“It is laughable and preposterous, knowing my background and predicament that I will be writing to the Attorney General of the Federation, asking him to continue to illegally hold on to Nnamdi Kanu even after a court of competent jurisdiction had discharged him.
“What benefits will such a letter confer on me in a matter of such public concern, sensitivity and volatility. How does that make sense?.. If anyone should be afraid of a free Nnamdi Kanu, it is Hope Uzodimma. The fact that he and fellow characters will concoct such a letter shows the level they are prepared to go in order to hang on to the power they acquired through dubious means.
“While Nigerians are aware that those who can forge polling results for manufactured votes can forge anything, I have decided not to keep silent again in the face of this criminal defamation of my character because as we inch closer to the 2023 elections, the evil machinations will intensify.”
Ihedioha, while warning he can no longer allow criminality to reign supreme, urged security agencies to investigate those behind the forgery and bring them to justice.
