The Imo state government has debunked the rumor that spread on Wednesday concerning an attack by unknown gunmen in the state secretariat which created unrest in the secretariat some sustained injuries while people scampering for safety on receiving the news. The Imo State government in a press statement issued by the the governor’s Chief press secretary, Oguwuike Nwachukwu and made available to News Echo disclosed that there was no such incident as unknown gunmen attack but it was a case of the police trying to make an arrest of a suspect who was trailed by the police to the state secretariat port-Harcourt road Owerri.
“There was no such incident involving unknown gunmen. What happened was that the police trailed a suspect in a case to the Secretariat to effect his arrest in an alleged criminal matter”. “It was in an attempt to effect the person’s arrest that the police fired warning shots.” Members of the public are therefore strongly advised to ignore any information linking the incident to unknown gunmen as there was nothing like that”. The statement reads. The state Government further seized the opportunity to reassure Imo citizens of her willingness to do everything constitutionally possible to protect their lives and property, both at their homes and offices.
