Sen. Hope Uzodimma denies being arrested over ballot thumb printing

Yesterday, it was reported that Sen. Hope
Uzodimma and some family members were
arrested by police in Imo state for allegedly
thumb-printing ballot papers meant for the
governorship rerun election. He just released
a statement saying it's not true. Read
below...
Senator Hope Uzodimma (Imo West)
has cautioned politicians in the
country against ridiculing and
tarnishing the hard reputation of their
opponents.
He said politicians who indulge in
such act were not helping Nigeria’s
fledging democracy to thrive but were
wittingly and unnecessarily heating up
the polity.
Reacting to allegations that he, along with
some of his family members were arrested
by the police in his Omuma country home in
Imo State over alleged electoral malpractices
during last Saturday’s re-run Governorship
and House of Assembly Elections in the
State,Uzodimma said that neither he nor any
member of his family was arrested.
He said as a lawmaker who has distinguished
himself in the Upper Chamber,he would not
break any of the country’s laws or any law for
that matter and that he would not encourage
any of his family members to do so.
Uzodimma said that what transpired on the
day is that the All Progressives Alliance
(APC) in the state in concert with some thugs
and the party’s agents had unsuccessfully
tried to snatch some ballot boxes from Oru
East and Oru West which are the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP)’s strongholds under
his leadership in the state.
“Vigilant members of the PDP were able to
foil the opponents’ attempts and having
failed in their bid they resorted to
blackmail,ridicule and tarnish my name.I
know this is elections period but to concort
any story at a given time to disparage an
opponent is unbecoming.This is unfortune”,
he added.
The Senator said he was the person who
called in the police when he was alerted of
the attempts to hijack the ballot boxes “ and
the police promptly came and brought the
situation under control.For people to turn
around to say the direct opposite is
unfortunate”.
He appealed to politicians to be decent in
their politicking and avoid those actions that
could bring the integrity of their opponents
into disrepute as such will only heat up the
polity with dire consequences