BREAKING: Governor Uzodinma sacks 20 Imo commissioners

Earlier today, Hope Uzodinma, the Governor of Imo State sacked twenty (20) out of his 28 serving commissioners, with immediate effect.

The sacking of the 20 commissioners came just one month after the governor reshuffled his cabinet and appointed new Commissioners for Finance and Health.

The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, made the announcement on Wednesday shortly after the state executive council meeting in Owerri, the state capital.

According to the commissioner, the reason for the dissolution was to rejig the activities of the state government after one year in office.

He added that out of the 28 commissioners, only eight commissioners were left to carry on with their activities.

On 29 May 2011, Uzodinma was sworn in as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing Imo State (West Senatorial District). He was re-elected for a second term in the Senate during the 2015 election. In 2018, he left the Peoples Democratic Party and joined the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in order to contest for Governor of Imo State in the 2019 general elections.

On 11 November 2018, Uzodinma was allegedly arrested by a special investigation panel for the failure of one of his companies to execute a US$12 million contract for the dredging of Calabar channel. Uzodinma later denied ever being arrested, saying it was an attempt to stop his campaign for governor.