Anastasia Okechukwu
The Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo has denied the media report of spending about N3.5 billion to secure majority seat for his party, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in March 18 State Assembly Election.
According to Tribune, It was gathered that the Chairman Board of Trustees of a rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), Mr Emeka Umeagbalasi had prior to the Saturday poll accused Soludo of using the state’s fund of up to N3.5bn to influence voters in the state, which he (Umeagbalasi) said was shared to various stakeholders in the state for disbursement.
The Press secretary to the governor, Mr Christian Aburime, On reacting to the accusation, describes the allegation as highly despicable, illogical and satanic
Part of his statement reads, “The attention of the Government of Anambra State has been drawn to a false publication being peddled in some sections of the media bordering on the above headline.
“The satanic report alleging that Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo-led administration spent a whopping 3.5 billion naira to execute the State House of Assembly election is not only untrue but highly despicable and illogical.
“The allegation is further baseless against the background that it is coming at a time of acute shortage of cash due to the Federal Government Naira Redesign Policy which sadly exposes the devilish intentions of the writer(s).
“Ndi Anambra are advised to disregard the non-existent International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) who made the said allegations. The people behind this organization have been known to be serial blackmailers over the years who do not serve any useful purpose to society.