Cajetan Mmuta,  Awka
APGA denies N3.5bn allegation of vote buying In Anambra on vote buying during the rescheduled state House Assembly election held last Saturday.

This is coming as the party has secured 17 out of the 30 seats in the state Assembly. The Labour Party (LP) won eight seats with the Young Progressives Party (YPP) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winning three and two seats respectively.

A press release by the Press Secretary to Governor Charles Soludo, Mr. Chtitian Anytime, said the allegations were not only baseless, but unfounded, adding that the general public should disregard them.

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“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,” he said. Anytime said: “The satanic report alleging that Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo-led administration spent a whooping 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)”

He continued: “Anambra people 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.”

He added: “Governor Soludo does not need to buy votes to win an election. He is a democrat who enjoys the overwhelming support of the good people of Anambra State. The bogus claims by the author(s) are figments of their imagination and should be disregarded by Ndi Anambra and the public.”