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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has said President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s visit to the state has nothing to do with the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n

Uzodinma said Buhari was simply on a working visit.<\/p>\n

The governor, who stated this while appearing on Channels Television, said Buhari commissioned projects while in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur people came out to receive the president who visited Imo State in solidarity with the governor of Imo State. It has nothing to do with the 2023 election or politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe only received the president who came on a working visit, commissioned projects and had an interaction with us,\u201d Uzodinma said.<\/p>\n

Buhari\u2019s visit, an indication that Uzodinma is not quarreling with \u2018misguided brothers turned opposition\u2019- Agukwe<\/p>\n

Recall that Buhari was on a one-day working visit to Imo State on Thursday.<\/p>\n

While in the state, the president had promised to help Uzodinma fight insecurity.<\/p>\n

Buhari also met with Igbo leaders and stakeholders during a Town Hall meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has said President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s visit to the state has nothing to do with the 2023 elections. Uzodinma said Buhari was simply on a working visit. The governor, who stated this while appearing on Channels Television, said Buhari commissioned projects while in the state. \u201cOur people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,26],"tags":[1570,2140,97,1018,254,1318],"class_list":["post-49957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-buhari","tag-imo","tag-nigeria","tag-uzodinma"],"yoast_head":"\nBuhari\u2019s visit to Imo not for 2023 elections \u2013 Uzodinma - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has said President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s visit to the state has nothing to do with the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buharis-visit-to-imo-not-for-2023-elections-uzodinma\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buhari\u2019s visit to Imo not for 2023 elections \u2013 Uzodinma\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has said President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s visit to the state has nothing to do with the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buharis-visit-to-imo-not-for-2023-elections-uzodinma\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-11T17:38:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/img-613cda70973a1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buharis-visit-to-imo-not-for-2023-elections-uzodinma#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buharis-visit-to-imo-not-for-2023-elections-uzodinma\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Buhari\u2019s visit to Imo not for 2023 elections \u2013 Uzodinma\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-11T17:38:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buharis-visit-to-imo-not-for-2023-elections-uzodinma\"},\"wordCount\":170,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buharis-visit-to-imo-not-for-2023-elections-uzodinma#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/img-613cda70973a1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Buhari\",\"Imo\",\"Nigeria\",\"Uzodinma\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buharis-visit-to-imo-not-for-2023-elections-uzodinma#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buharis-visit-to-imo-not-for-2023-elections-uzodinma\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buharis-visit-to-imo-not-for-2023-elections-uzodinma\",\"name\":\"Buhari\u2019s visit to Imo not for 2023 elections \u2013 Uzodinma - 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