Attack On Ajaero: Imo Commissioner Says No Govt Official Among Arrested Suspects

The Imo State Commissioner for Information, Declan Emelumba, has disclosed that no officials of the state government were among those arrested as suspects in connection with the attack on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Thursday, the Commissioner disclosed that the suspects arrested were not officials of the state government while clarifying that Governor Hope Uzodinma’s aid fingered by NLC to have led the attack on the NLC President was not even in the state at the time of the attack.

The commissioner said, “I will say emphatically that the government has no hands in that attack. The governor has also regretted the attack; he feels bad that he (Ajaero) was treated that way,” he said.

“But I think it is also important to note that the NSA has said that they have arrested some of those who attacked him, and the police are investigating. It’s a statement of fact, and I don’t think any government official was among those arrested.”

Dismissing claims that one of the governor’s aides was involved, Emelumba stated, “The governor’s aide was not involved. I can tell you categorically. He wasn’t even around Imo State that day; these are figments of imagination. No government official was involved, and this is verifiable.”