Imo state governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, has accused aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition of fueling insecurity in the southeast region.
Governor Uzodimma made the statement on Thursday during the inauguration of a security council at the grassroots level to proffer lasting solutions to the current security challenges in the state.
The governor said: “The opposition party and some aggrieved members of our party are hiring boys from neigbouring states to come in here. I will deal with that. I can assure you, leave that for me.
“The people who threatened me that they will make Imo ungovernable, before Imo becomes ungovernable, they will be ungovernable themselves.”
The governor urged the traditional rulers to help in the fight against insecurity and to fish out criminals elements in their domains.
“I had advised that traditional rulers should warn these boys. “You should warn them because I am bringing a security strategy, known and unknown, to manage the security in Imo State.”
He urged the security council to go beyond organising vigilante groups in the state to gathering intelligence reports that will help in fishing out criminals.
“This council must now go home and get us the names of every criminal in their communities,” he said. “You must collect intelligence for us and security agencies to work.”
Imo has in recent times, witnessed series of attacks on security formations and killings.