The governor
of Imo State, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha has denied that his election was sponsored by Chika
Odionyenma who is one of the 77 suspected Nigerian fraudsters named by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
It would be recalled that Odionyenma was appointed into Ihedioha’s the inauguration committee.
A copy of the letter on the appointment into the committee which planned the governor’s inauguration has been trending.
In his reaction, the governor’s special assistant on new media, Mr. Izuchukwu Akwarandu, in a statement described those linking Odionyenma’s alleged fraud dealings to the governor as “mischievous.”
He said as of the time the governor appointed the alleged fraudster into the committee that oversaw his inauguration, there was no fraud case hanging on his neck anywhere in the world.
He explained that Odionyenma’s alleged fraud case was a personal issue and that it had nothing to do with the governor or the Imo State Government.
He said Ihedioha attended some of the programmes that Odionyenma organised because they were meant to empower the people.
Akwarandu also noted that Ihedioha attended the programmes based on the consideration that Odionyenma is an indigene of the state.
“Those who say that he sponsored the governor’s election are just being mischievous.
“The fraud case is personal. It has nothing to do with the governor.
“He (Akwarandu) is an Imo State son and it was in that capacity that the governor attended the programmes that he organised. Moreover, those programmes were meant to empower the people and you know that the governor is a man of the people.
“It is important to note that as of the time the governor appointed him into the inauguration committee, there was no fraud case hanging around his (Odionyenma) neck anywhere in the world,” he said.