The Imo State government has described as false and wicked rumour that Governor Hope Uzodimma has rejected the results of the Edo State governorship election.
A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Declan Emelumba, said the falsehood was planted in the social media by wicked, unrepentant and vicious members of the opposition who will stop at nothing, to smear the image of the governor.
Emelumba explained that the governor was not a candidate in the Edo governorship election and therefore could not have rejected the results of the said election.
According to the commissioner, the opposition fabricated a statement, which they credited to the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, through which they announced the so-called rejection of the Edo governorship results by the governor, adding “ but they exposed themselves as wicked fakers when they dated the press release May 20, 2020 for a reaction to an election held on Saturday September 19 that says everything.”
The statement noted that it was the fake and wicked press release that set the social media agog with the equally fake news that Governor Uzodimma had rejected the Edo governorship election results.
It advised the public to always take anything they read in the social media about Imo State with a pinch of salt “because the opposition in the State has turned the social media platform into a medium for circulating false and vicious materials against the governor and the government.”
Governor Uzodimma also debunked reports that he pumped N3 billion into the Edo election. He said it was fabricated by his detractors to discredit his government.
According to the governor, the report which was also aired by Reuters is one of those series of lies heaped on his government in other to distract him.
However, Uzodimma has vowed not to be distracted, insisting that his aim is to deliver on his “3R” agenda.
According to the statement, “In one of the reports, it was claimed Governor Uzodimma spent N3 billion, while a fake Reuters report claims that he spent $5million on Edo governorship election.”