Imo State Government denies renaming of University as Kanu issues warning

Imo State Government denies renaming of University as Kanu issues warning April 21, 2020 | EASTERN PILOT By Onwuegbu Nwokoro The l...

Imo State Government denies renaming of University as Kanu issues warning

April 21, 2020 | EASTERN PILOT

By Onwuegbu Nwokoro

The leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has warned Imo state Governor,  Hope Uzodinma over the alleged plan to rename Imo state University after late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, whose death was announced on Friday, 17th April 2020.

In a radio broadcast, Kanu warned Imo State Government not to try renaming the Imo State University to Abba Kyari University or face the wrath of Biafrans. He said, the criminal doing 419 in Lagos now imposed governor of Imo state said he would rename Imo State University in memory of his late Master - Abba Kyari. Come and rename it, let's see.

In a quick reaction. the Chief Press Secretary to Imo State governor, Oguwike Nwachukwu, in a press statement made a u-turn and debunked the news of renaming the University as fake.

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Mr. Nwachuku blamed some faceless individuals for issuing fake press statements, forging the logo of the government and his name with the intent to deceive Imolites in particular and the public in general into believing their propaganda and fake news to be real.

He went on to advise the reading public to take fake news seriously and make conscious efforts to identify the promoters and ensure that they join others who stand against fake news globally to make their trade unattractive.”