By Mike Nwosu, Owerri
A group under the aegis of Concerned Imo Progressives, (CIP) has described recent media attacks on the Special Adviser to Imo state Governor on illegal parks Pastor Frank Onwumere which has been trending on social media by his fellow govt appointee for carrying out his official mandate of policing big trucks that violets the order for entering into owerri capital city in the daily hours and wrong parkings was a calculated attempts to smear his image by a way of calling a dog a bad name in order to hang it and evidence of a shared hatred or envy.
The group made the declarations in a press statement signed by its coordinator Comrade John Ibeh and secretary Hon. Ibeabuchi Okafor and made available to newsmen.
They asserted that the quarters from where the attacks are coming from is misnomers and indeed a witch-hunts of highest order that which gave the truck drivers the defaulters to rise against the State instead of being under apprehension to explain their wrong actions, to unjustifiably calling on their fellow drivers to apparently block Owerri- port Harcourt Road on last Tuesday to Wednesday.
They expressed concern on the way these fellow appointees painted the whole scenario, blown out of proportions in a more negative way as if they were paid to carryout the hatchet job of destroying their fellow appointee. whereas there are more better ways of handling such job or communication.
while Frank Onwumere is believed to actually carrying out his mandate and wondered the rationale behind such attack as if Pastor Onwumere is so bad and has came to destroy or sabotage Uzodinma’s Government.
They made it clear that from their findings, pastor Onwumere was never accused or indicated of diverting government funds or property to himself or found incompetent in discharging his duties that warrants such conspiracy.
The group however, adviced the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Electronic & creative media Hon Ambrose Nwaogwugwu and the Special Adviser on public communication Hon. FCC Jones to learn on how to be a team player in carrying out their duties to avoid overheating the system because government is one