Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has alleged that opposition leaders within the state are planning to kill him and take over the state in 2019.
Umahi made the declare on Wednesday throughout an emergency safety assembly on the Government House in Abakaliki.
As acknowledged by him, “All the out there safety briefs from the commissioner of police to different safety chiefs within the state pointed to the desperation of some individuals within the opposition party to trigger mayhem within the state forward of 2019 common elections.
“The police found bomb in our PDP secretariat and from all accounts, the data from the safety briefs from the commissioner of police, the IED was a little bit odd exhibiting that it will need to have been planted by the determined opposition folks in one of many days I used to be on the secretariat for a assembly however God didn't permit the factor to detonate and God won't ever permit it to occur to us.
“Our suspects are the determined opposition individuals who have grow to be jobless and aggressive forward of the 2019 common election as a result of they assume they'll stop energy by all means.
“I have directed the security chiefs to make full scale investigation into the incident and report to their various headquarters while we as government will report to Mr. President.”