Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo State, met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, where both men discussed critical infrastructure that would improve security in the state.
The visit to the seat of power came just hours after a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, narrowly escaped gunmen attacks that killed four police officers in his convoy.
According to Uzodimma, the meeting was an opportunity to secure presidential approval for some security surveillance equipment for the state.
The visit was also to thank the president for previous support being enjoyed from the presidency since he assumed office.
He said, “I made an appeal to the president for further support, especially to support us with some technological deployments, we have planned to be able to do an advanced kind of security control in the South-East. And he has also given his approval to that.
“Any moment from now, we’ll be getting some surveillance equipment and some modern technologies that will help us manage security so that we can fight crime with little or no collateral damage to the environment.
“I came on behalf of my people, to also thank Mr. President for the various supports he gave to us during this our period of security challenges and the support he’s also giving to us in terms of the various approvals.
“The approval to convert Federal Medical Center, Owerri, to a University Teaching Hospital for the Federal University of Technology; the approval that converted Alvan Ikoku College of Education to a Federal College of Education.
“Only two weeks ago, Igbos that came home from Lagos and outside the South-East enjoyed the benefit of the second Niger Bridge, something that is worthy of commendation”.
