CENTUS NWEZE REPORTING
Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called on foreign diplomatic missions to place Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, on visa ban and watchlist by government as Marchant of political violence.
The coalition alleged that the governor is complicit in the plot against the opposition parties coalition spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere.
CUPP Chairman Steering Committee, High Chief Peter Ameh, said Ugochinyere who is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ideato Federal Constituency in the forthcoming 2023 National Assembly election was saved by the youths in his community from suspected assailants on Friday night.
Ameh added that since the exposure by the opposition coalition that the Governor is among those plotting to rig and undermine 2023 general election in Imo and 14 other states, operatives within the APC in the state have been threatening to harm the CUPP spokesman.
They urged President Muhammadu Buhari, Inpector General of Police (IGP) and Department of State Services (DSS) to put a stop to Governor Uzodinma and his cohorts actions.
He said the Coalition has also urged some foreign missions to place visa ban on Uzodinma and also place him on watchlist.
“We are grateful to the youths from Akokwa and across Ideato nation, who converged on his country home Friday night and kept vigil when information about plans against Ugochinyere went viral in the state,” the chairman also said.