Uzodinma writes banks, freezes Imo accounts

BY OUR EDITOR

Senator Hope Uzodinma, declared governor-elect of Imo State by the Supreme Court Tuesday, has ordered all financial institutions where the state funds are maintained not to honour any draft till further notice.

The order was issued a few hours after the apex court proclaimed him the duly elected governor of the state.

A letter addressed to the regional directors and managers of all the financial institutions in Imo State and signed by Cosmos Iwu, director-general of Senator Hope Uzodinma campaign organisation, on behalf of the governor-elect, ordered the financial institutions to “post no debit” on all the accounts.

The letter titled, “Order of post no debit on all accounts of Imo State government effective 14, January 2020”, stated that the instruction followed the Supreme Court judgment which declared Uzodinma the new governor of the state.

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The three-paragraph letter read, “Following the Supreme Court judgment of 14, January 2020, I am directed by his excellency, Senator Hope Uzodinma, to take this as your authority/instruction to place a post no debit order on all accounts of the Imo state government maintained in your various institutions.

“You are by this letter directed to comply and await further instructions from the office of his excellency, the executive governor of Imo state. Thanks for your cooperation.”