The Imo State government has said that contrary to reports emanating from Owerri, it has no hand in the pulling down of the gargantuan Akachi statue near Aba Road, Owerri.
The government in a statement on Thursday by the Special Adviser to the governor on media, Steve Osuji, said Imo people who seem to have nursed a loathing for the statue right from the beginning, considering it a monument that portends ominous auguries for the people of the state or contractors who have been working rather endlessly around the statue for some time but who may have not been paid, may be responsible for the breaching of the giant statue
The statement read in part: “It needs to be reiterated that the Imo State government under Governor Emeka Ihedioha has no hand in the attempt to pull down the Akachi statue.
” If government deems it necessary to pull down the statue or any structure for that matter, it would be done properly and in accordance with the law.
” Does it stand to reason that a government that is barely 24 hours old, with no handover notes whatsoever and without an office to work from yet would concern itself with an ordinary statue?
“Let it be known that the new government in Imo State has its eyes set on nobler goals which includes fast-tracking the rebuilding of Imo State.
” It is interesting to note that the Akachi statue is a massive monument of a hand pointing heavenwards and rising about 50 feet into the atmosphere.
” Not many in Imo quite understand the significance, if any or importance of the Akachi statue, one of the baleful legacies of out-gone governor, Rochas Okorocha”
