Following the circulation of photos of refuse dumped along Douglas Road, Imo State Government has explained it's capital city is left in deplorable state.


Governor Okorocha’s Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Mr. Samuel Onwuemeodo, has given an explanation saying that the government allowed refuse dump to punish the residents. He said this during an early morning public accountability phone-in programme anchored by Hot 99.5 FM, Owerri.

“Government deliberately abandoned the refuse along Douglas Road, Owerri, to get back at Owerri people who have been battling the state government, over the relocation of the market”, Onwuemeodo said.

The Governor’s CPS added that “Owerri people must be made to understand that they cannot eat their cake and have it.”

He further explained that “there is a court order restraining government from tampering with the market and this also explains why we left the refuse.”