Governor Hope Uzodinma has dismissed as untrue, reports that the government plans to rename Imo State University after Abba Kyari.
The governor denied ever saying such or revealing plans to immortalize Kyari.
Kyari, the former Chief of Staff (CoS) to President Muhammadu Buhari, died on April 17 and was buried on Saturday, April 18.
Reports trending on social media claim that Uzodinma had declared that he would immortalize Kyari by renaming Imo State University after him because the late CoS made him to become governor.
But in a statement on Tuesday by his spokesman, Mr. Oguwike Nwachuku, Uzodinma described the report as fake.
He accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State as masterminds of the report.
“In one of such fake news circulated on social media, they mischievously credited Governor Uzodinma to have said he would immortalize Kyari for ‘making him Governor.’
“Not done, the Peoples Democratic Party went further to credit yet another fallacy to the Media Adviser that Governor Uzodinma will rename Imo State University after the late Kyari.
“For the avoidance of doubt, let it be known that the two statements in reference were not issued by the office of the CPS/Media Adviser. They were fabricated and issued by the PDP and wickedly credited to his office.
“We know exactly the person behind this and appropriate legal steps have been initiated to bring him to book.”