Arrest Me If It Is Proved That I am Proved Planning Instigate Violence In Ebonyi State – Sen. Egwu Tells Security Agencies

Sen. Sam Egwu (PDP-Ebonyi North) has asked security agencies to
arrest him if it is proved that he, alongside other leaders, are
planning to instigate violence in the state.

Gov. David Umahi in a broadcast on Nov. 27, announced that he
received information that some political leaders were planning to
instigate crisis in Ebonyi with the aid of cultists and an outlawed
secessionist group.

Egwu, the first executive governor of the state, told a NAN
correspondent in a telephone interview on Saturday that such
allegation should be investigated properly by security
agencies.

“They should investigate and arrest me if it is proven that I
discussed with anyone or attended a meeting where the issue of
instigating violence in the state was discussed.

“I am speaking for myself and if it cannot be proven that I
discussed or attended such meeting, they cannot do anything to me,”
he said.

The former Minister of Education said that he was not a violent
politician and was not a violent person even before venturing into
politics.

“The governor as the chief security officer of the state should
seek the full details of the report from his informant and he knows
what to do subsequently.

“I have been a governor of Ebonyi and wonder why I should
connive with people to cause violence in a state I have
governed.

“I don’t have such character and anyone who has evidence against
me on such issue should prove it,” he said.

He said that Ebonyi had been and will continue to be a peaceful
state as a governor’s defection to another political party should
not be problem.

“Anyone is free to move to a party of his/her choice and it is
not a crime that we belong to different parties.

“The governor should feel free to confront any of us when he
hears and sees anything to sort such issues.

“He is the state governor and anyone he seeks audience with will
answer him,” he said.

Political tension has heightened in Ebonyi since Umahi’s
defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the PDP with
resentment and bickering pervading the environment.

Sen. Sam Egwu (PDP-Ebonyi North) has asked security agencies to
arrest him if it is proved that he, alongside other leaders, are
planning to instigate violence in the state.

Gov. David Umahi in a broadcast on Nov. 27, announced that he
received information that some political leaders were planning to
instigate crisis in Ebonyi with the aid of cultists and an outlawed
secessionist group.

Egwu, the first executive governor of the state, told a NAN
correspondent in a telephone interview on Saturday that such
allegation should be investigated properly by security
agencies.

“They should investigate and arrest me if it is proven that I
discussed with anyone or attended a meeting where the issue of
instigating violence in the state was discussed.

“I am speaking for myself and if it cannot be proven that I
discussed or attended such meeting, they cannot do anything to me,”
he said.

The former Minister of Education said that he was not a violent
politician and was not a violent person even before venturing into
politics.

“The governor as the chief security officer of the state should
seek the full details of the report from his informant and he knows
what to do subsequently.

“I have been a governor of Ebonyi and wonder why I should
connive with people to cause violence in a state I have
governed.

“I don’t have such character and anyone who has evidence against
me on such issue should prove it,” he said.

He said that Ebonyi had been and will continue to be a peaceful
state as a governor’s defection to another political party should
not be problem.

“Anyone is free to move to a party of his/her choice and it is
not a crime that we belong to different parties.

“The governor should feel free to confront any of us when he
hears and sees anything to sort such issues.

“He is the state governor and anyone he seeks audience with will
answer him,” he said.

Political tension has heightened in Ebonyi since Umahi’s
defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the PDP with
resentment and bickering pervading the environment.