Imo govt accuses PDP of plotting to truncate democracy

• Published date: 21 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Imo State government yesterday accused the State Chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) of plotting to truncate democracy in the State by calling for the declaration of a State of emergency. Reacting to a press conference by the PDP that the federal government should declare a state of emergency in Imo, the government blamed the party for the security breaches.

In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hon Declan Emelumba, the government said the PDP has been a sour loser bent on rocking the boat, after it was sacked by the Supreme Court in 2020. It noted that the suggestion by the PDP was a smokescreen to cover its real intention of destabilizing the State with a view to stopping the 2023 election.

'The Imo PDP has never hidden its unpatriotic desire to truncate the democratically elected government of Senator Hope Uzodimma. They sponsored and...