For nearly one week, Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has remained in Abuja, following the killing of the commander of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and the subsequent torching of his private residence. Uzodimma has remained in Abuja, in spite of the escalation of violent attacks and major security concerns in Imo state. No fewer than eight persons have been shot dead in the last four days while two were shot and killed in front of Government House, one person was killed around Okorocha’s Spibat home’s roundabout Also, five were killed were policemen killed at the Police Area Command, Orieagu in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state.

In spite of all these and the palpably tense atmosphere in Imo, Governor Hope Uzodimma has remained in Abuja while the state burns. Similarly, his appointees – commissioners and advisers – seem to have all gone underground. It is tough these days to sight a government vehicle, with government number plate on the streets of Owerri.

This is also as the usually rampant blaring of sirens by Very Important Personalities (VIPs) have relatively disappeared from the city of Owerri. With the foregoing also, there are indications that political bigwigs especially those occupying key public offices may have left the state, those who remain is said to have relocated their families out of the state. (New Telegraph)