Nigeria, March 23 -- Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has appointed his brother as the deputy chief of staff in charge of general services in the state.

The new appointee, Ferdinand Uzodinma, is a former chairperson of Oru East Local Government Area of the state.

The appointment takes immediate effect, the governor's spokesperson, Oguwike Nwachukwu, announced in a statement on Thursday.

Mr Uzodinma, according to the statement, also reappointed Cosmos Iwu as the Secretary to the State Government, Nnamdi Anyaehie as his chief of staff and Sydney Agbor as the deputy chief of staff in charge of operations.

The governor also appointed Patrick Ekeji as the deputy chief of staff in charge of administration and Sam Nwaobasi as the Special ...