Hope Uzodimma, Governor of Imo State, has vowed to mention the names of persons sponsoring insecurity in the state by January 2022.
While addressing elected officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday, Governor Uzodimma said the disclosure will be made during a meeting with stakeholders in Imo scheduled for January 3, 2022.
According to the governor, 18 suspects arrested by security agencies had made confessional statements and revealed the names of those sponsoring insecurity in the state.
He said: “All the people that were hired to kill our people, we have started picking all of them. As of now, we’ve picked 18 suspects. Some of them have confessed those who are paying them.
“We have gotten the bank account from where they have been transferring money to them and we have the evidence. When I will address Imo stakeholders on January 3, I will call their names one by one.”
The South-East region has witnessed increased attacks in recent times, with Imo State being one of the hardest-hit states particularly during the enforcement of the sit-at-home order of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) earlier in the year.
