It was reported that Sen. Hope Uzodimma and some
family members were arrested by police in Imo state for allegedly
thumb-printing ballot papers meant for the governorship rerun election. He just
released a statement saying it's not true. Read below:
Senator Hope Uzodimma (Imo West) has cautioned politicians
in the country against ridiculing and tarnishing the hard reputation of their
opponents. He said politicians who indulge in such act were not helping
Nigeria’s fledging democracy to thrive but
were wittingly and unnecessarily heating up the polity.
Reacting to allegations that he, along with some of his
family members were arrested by the
police in his Omuma country home in Imo State over alleged electoral
malpractices during last Saturday’s re-run Governorship and House of Assembly
Elections in the State,Uzodimma said that neither he nor any member of his
family was arrested.
He said as a lawmaker who has distinguished himself in the
Upper Chamber,he would not break any of the country’s laws or any law for that
matter and that he would not encourage
any of his family members to do so.
Uzodimma said that what transpired on the day is that the
All Progressives Alliance (APC) in the state in concert with some thugs and the
party’s agents had unsuccessfully tried
to snatch some ballot boxes from Oru
East and Oru West which are the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s strongholds
under his leadership in the state.
“Vigilant members of the PDP were able to foil the
opponents’ attempts and having failed in their bid they resorted to
blackmail,ridicule and tarnish my name.I know this is elections period but to concort any story at a given time to
disparage an opponent is unbecoming.This is unfortunate”, he added.
The Senator said he
was the person who called in the police when he was alerted of the attempts to
hijack the ballot boxes “ and the police promptly came and brought the
situation under control.For people to turn around to say the direct opposite is
unfortunate”.
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