Imo Governor Under Attack for Wearing $786 Thousand Diamond Wristwatch

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Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has come under attack after he was spotted with a designer wristwatch reportedly worth $786 thousand dollars or N455 million Naira.

The value of the Jacob & Co. Astronomia Sky White Diamond 18-piece Limited edition worn by Uzodinma was researched and found to be worth $785,496 which is equivalent to N455 million at $580 per dollar.

Governor Hope Uzodinma

An architect and building engineer, Adeola Olutayo, who spoke with SaharaReporters, said N5 to N6 million can build a block of six classrooms in Nigeria, excluding the price of land, which is lacking in Imo State.

This stirred angry reactions from many social media users, who stated that there are numerous abandoned projects and bad roads in Imo State.

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iammercilove: “Abandoned projects every where. Honestly we are suffering in imo state”

iamdx2: “Governor way dey spend like #Ronaldo”

fladygold: “Nothing is funny here and I can’t still see people laughing may God heal our land and give us the wisdom to vote wisely this coming election”

slim_zannie: “Yeyebrities and polithiefcians are the main problem of Nigeria”

meetheritage: “Omo, Nigerians don suffer one person carry wrist watch of 455m for hand”

maduka_lizzy: “Imo state road is the worst road in Nigeria……. Very b##d road. Na canoe we dey take swim”

ngozi4858: “They never cared for the masses, except 1de_rica of rice hmmm”