In the audio, Chinasa threatened to imprison Ugochinyere or harm himself.
The spokesperson for the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere has released a threatening audio conversation reportedly between him and Chinasa Nwaneri, the Special Adviser on Special Duty to Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State.
In the audio, Chinasa threatened to imprison Ugochinyere or harm himself.
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Chinasa said, “Ugochinyere, I will imprison you. What I want to achieve is just to imprison you. That is what I want to achieve. You are lucky that you did not go to Owerri that day. I will imprison you and you will see it.”
When Ugochinyere asked him if that is what Governor Uzodinma wants to achieve, Chinasa said, “Ugochinyere, I want to achieve it. I want to imprison you. I have never mentioned your name in a bad corner but you decided to go… and call me a criminal. If I did not imprison you, I will harm myself.
But Ugochinyere said, “Chinasa, you and Hope Uzodinma are not God, so don’t even bother boasting what you can do and not.” But Chinasa continued saying, “Ugochinyere, if I do not imprison you, I will harm myself. If you are coming to Owerri tomorrow, I’m waiting for you. I have an expecting charge here with you.
“If I don’t imprison you, I will not be free. You Ugochinyere; I’m waiting for you. It has started. You don’t need a visa to come to Owerri but when you come there, I will imprison you.”
Ugochinyere warned him to stop calling him on the phone to threaten him but Chinasa said, “Nigerians are used to this your empty vessel attack. You look too small for me to threaten. Why do you say that I am threatening you? As what? Do I want to go and occupy your position?
“You are just a little rat. Look at a monkey that I’m threatening. Monkey.”
Ugochinyere had raised an alarm over an alleged plot by some politicians to frame him for murder, rape and terrorism.
He said the plan to abduct and frame him was being made to silence him from pushing the case of the Omuma, Imo State, the ward of Governor Uzodinma, where there has allegedly been voter registration fraud.
Chinasa’s threat came a few hours after an Abuja High Court issued a restraining order and stay of the proceedings of the magistrate court proceedings in a criminal summons filed against Ugochinyere by Chinasa.
Chinasa had initiated criminal summons bordering on the revelation of alleged fraud by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the voter register in 18 states, including Imo by Ugochinyere.
Justice Hassan M. A. Hassan suspended further proceedings on the matter pending the hearing of the application for judicial review filed by Ugochinyere.