On Wednesday, the Imo administration denied a claim that unidentified gunmen had attacked the Imo State secretariat, which is situated along the state’s Owerri-Port Harcourt road.
This was said by the administration in a statement made to reporters in Owerri by Chief Press Secretary for Governor Hope Uzodimma, Oguwike Nwachuku.
He claimed that when police arrived at the secretariat to make an arrest of a person connected to an alleged criminal matter, they fired a warning shot.
According to the government, “The attention of the government has been drawn to insinuations that unknown gunmen invaded and attacked the Imo State Secretariat on Port Harcourt road this morning, shooting sporadically and causing workers to scamper for safety. There was no such incident involving unknown gunmen.”
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“What happened was that the police trailed a suspect in a case to the Secretariat to effect his arrest in an alleged criminal matter. It was in an attempt to effect the person’s arrest that the police fired warning shots.
“Members of the public are therefore strongly advised to ignore any information linking the incident to unknown gunmen as there was nothing like that. The government also reassures Imo citizens of her willingness to do everything constitutionally possible to protect their lives and property, both at their homes and offices,” government said.
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