Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, has stated that his administration will ensure collaborative efforts to restore peace in the south-east before the 2023 elections.
The governor spoke on Saturday at the south-east zonal stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Owerri, the state capital.
At the event, Uzodimma took a swipe at opposition politicians and accused them of refusing to condemn killings, destruction of public properties, and other crimes in the zone.
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“We will stop at nothing to ensure that peace is restored in south-east before the 2023 general election,” he said.
“We must move forward. The day I will leave our state to non-state actors will never come.”
Speaking on the 2023 general election, the governor said the APC is in charge of twenty-two states, and expressed optimism that his party will secure victory across the states.