Embattled Imo Deputy Governor,
Prince Eze Madumere, yesterday raised the alarm that his life is in danger.
He said the Commissioner of
Police in the state, Dasuki Galandanchi, has withdrawn his security details,
thereby, making him susceptible to attacks.
Recall that the Imo House of
Assembly had last week reportedly impeached Madumere, an action voided by the
Court.
Madumere is Governor Rochas
Okorocha’s deputy.
A statement signed by his Special
Assistant, Uche Onwuchekwa, condemned the Commissioner of Police for what he
called “yielding to being an instrument of oppression in the hand of the
Governor and ready to do his bidding, too.”
Madumere also said “strange
looking policemen without any recourse have sealed-off the entrance gate to his
office with chain and padlock without any reason advanced for their action,
claiming they were sent from Governor’s office,” even as his staff were
humiliated and chased out of the Office.
He said the action of the Imo
police boss is “not only deliberate but playing-out a script of his sponsor, of
not only harming the deputy governor but to also take his life.”
“The Imo State Commissioner of
Police, in the wake of the failed swearing-in of the Governor Okorocha’s new
deputy governor designate due to the refusal of the Chief Judge and other
qualified Judicial Officers, in obedience to court order, had withdrawn all
police officers attached to the deputy governor.
“We view such action as not only
deliberate but playing-out a script of his sponsor, of not only harming the
deputy governor but to also take his life.
“In the same spirit of impunity
and recklessness, strange looking police men without any recourse to the
restraining order of court, at about 10 am on Tuesday, August 1, 2018,
sealed-off the entrance gate to the office of the deputy governor with chain
and padlock without any reason advanced for their action.
“When asked, they claimed they
were sent from Governor’s office. All the staff of the Deputy Governor were not
only humiliated but chased out of the Office.
“This act of impunity has, in no
little measure, affected the business of the Office of the Deputy Governor as
Imolites who visited the office for genuine reason were humiliated and
embarrassingly turned back.
“This act of illegality is not
only limited to the Office of the Deputy Governor, Prince Madumere, his
official residence located in the Commissioners’ quarters along Concorde
Boulevard was also sealed-off. His Excellency, the Deputy Governor, relations
and staff have not been allowed access to the facility and to their personal
belongings.
“We are surprised at the twist of
event even after Governor Rochas Okorocha had directed that court order must be
obeyed to the latter as relayed by the Attorney-General of Imo State, Militus
Nlemadim.
“While we hail Governor Okorocha
for his directive that court orders must be obeyed to the letter with respect
to the present legal issue, we urge him to also direct for the unsealing of
Deputy Governor’s office.
“This is to avoid denying
Imolites their right of requesting the Office the services due them, especially
such that boarder of the constitutional function of the Deputy Governor.”
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