Buhari Promises To Help Uzodinma Fight Insecurity In Imo

• President Muhammadu Buhari said he would use his presidential power to deal with those threatening the safety of Imo people.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, September 9, 2021, promised to help Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo, fight insecurity in the state.

During his working visit to Imo, while Buhari also promised to address infrastructural deficits of the state, he equally assured that he would wield his power as the president to deal with the state’s security breaches.

Buhari, who spoke while Commissioning the Egbeada-Onitsha bypass road in Owerri, said that he was impressed with the level of development in the state.

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He said that no society would make any meaningful progress in the face of insecurity and infrastructural deficits.

Buhari said that his vision of having a secured Nigeria with huge infrastructural progress had marched with what Uzodinma was doing in the state.

The president said, “I have gone round and I am impressed with what I saw. A society without security and infrastructure will not progress and lucky this is where my vision has tallied with the governor of Imo state. I will use my power as enshrined by the constitution to make the governor achieve more.”

Earlier in his speech, Uzodinma urged Buhari to deal permanently with the issues of insecurity and flooding which he said was ravaging Owerri, the state capital.

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