Kanu: Ihedioha Breaks Silence, Warns Uzodinma Against Defaming His Character

By Eric Elezuo

Supreme Court deposed Former Imo State governor, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, has accused the governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma, of masterminding the release of a letter purported written by him asking the Attorney general of the federation, Abubakar Malami to continue to hold the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, in detention, in spite of the Appeal Court, which set him free. The purported letter said Ihedioha made the call so that Kanu will not disrupt the 2023 elections

Ihedioha made the revelation in a statement signed by his media adviser, Chibuike Onyeukwu, titled “When Silence is Not Golden”, and made available to The Boss.

Ihedioha accused Uzodinma of defaming his character in the letter, currently in circulation, warning that he would not allow such to continue to happen again as he has maintained a dignified silence since his inglorious removal from office in January 2020.

“It is laughable and preposterous, knowing my background and predicament that I will be writing to the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation, asking him to continue to illegally hold on to Nnamdi Kanu even after a court of competent jurisdiction had discharged him.

“What benefits will such a letter confer on me in a matter of such public concern, sensitivity and volatility. How does that make sense?”, he queried.

“If anyone should be afraid of a free Nnamdi Kanu, it is Hope Uzodimma. The fact that he and fellow characters will concoct such a letter shows the level they are prepared to go in order to hang on to the power they acquired through dubious means.

“While Nigerians are aware that those who can forge polling results for manufactured votes can forge anything, I have decided not to keep silent again in the face of this criminal defamation of my character because as we inch closer to the 2023 elections, the evil machinations will intensify”.

The former governor, who was removed from office following a Supreme Court judgement, however, called on the security agencies to investigate the forged letter and unravel the person behind it.