The Imo State government has debunked insinuations that unknown gunmen invaded and attacked the State Secretariat on Port Harcourt Road Wednesday morning.
The government said there was no incident involving unknown gunmen, neither was there any sporadic shooting that caused workers to scamper to safety.
This clarification was contained in a press release issued on Wednesday by Oguwike Nwachuku, Chief Press Secretary and Media Adviser to the Imo State Governor.
Nwachuku explained that what happened was that the police trailed a suspect in a case to the Secretariat to effect his arrest in an alleged criminal matter.
“It was in an attempt to effect the person’s arrest that the police fired warning shots,” he said.
He urged members of the public to ignore any information linking the incident to unknown gunmen as there was nothing like that.
“Government also reassures Imo citizens of her willingness to do everything constitutionally possible to protect their lives and property, both at their homes and offices,” he said.
