Richard Ginika Izuora
Governor of Imo State Hope Uzodinma, on Tuesday, April 20, dismissed reports that his administration is planning to rename the Imo State University, Owerri, after the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari.
In a statement issued by the Media Adviser to Uzodinma, Oguwike Nwachuku, the earlier report was disseminated by an impostor.
“The author(s) of the fake news had not only credited to the governor what he could not have said; but they criminally wrote the name of his Chief Press Secretary/Media Adviser; Mr. Oguwike Nwachuku as the one who signed the purported statement,” the statement said.
According to him, the impostor “has been issuing press statements, forging the logo of government and the name of Mr. Nwachuku; with the intent to deceive Imolites in particular; and the public in general into believing their propaganda and fake news to be real.
“Ordinarily, the blackmail by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) through the two fake statements they credited to the Chief Press Secretary/Media Adviser to the Governor should have been ignored; knowing that no right-thinking person will believe them.”
Uzodinma further stated “it was their desperation to deepen the propaganda and criminal intents that drove them to the latest fake news of purported renaming of Imo State University after Kyari; something that only exists in the imagination of their tiny brain’s imagination.
“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 them to his office. We know exactly the person behind this and appropriate legal steps have been initiated to bring him to book.
“No doubt, we would have loved to ignore these agents of distraction and fake news; but for the fact that we owe Imo people and the public the right to factual information on the activities of a responsible government like ours.”