On August 4, some hooligans attacked protesting pensioners at Imo Government.
It all started when the protesters proceeded towards the main gate of the Government House.
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Reports claim, the protesters were beaten by suspected hooligans leaving many of them wailing. Security operatives came to their aid which caused the hooligans to disperse.
Dr. Ebenezer Ibekwe, one of the pensioners reacted to the attack blaming the state government for contracting the thugs to intercept their protest.
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He said;
“How can you owe an old man like me and declare him a ghost pensioner and still don’t want me to demand my entitlements? Already, they detained our leaders using the DSS. The thugs they hired were flogging pensioners with canes because we said we are not ghost pensioners as they are tagging us”
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Modestus Nwamkpa, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Uzodimma described the protest as unlawful whiles slamming all allegations of hiring thugs to beat the pensioners.
He said;
“Government has discovered that most of the protesters are not pensioners but members of the opposition being used to discredit the performances of the Hope Uzodimma administration in the state.”
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Source: Ghgossip.com
