Trouble Looming: Soludo Rejects Ekwunife’s Apology Over Infidelity Allegation

Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has dismissed as “another fabrication” the apology reportedly credited to Senator Uche Ekwunife over her defamatory remarks against them.. . Read ..Full.. Article.. .

Ekwunife, who is the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming Anambra gubernatorial election, had accused Soludo’s wife, Dr Nonye Soludo, of infidelity.

However, in a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by his Senior Special Assistant on New Media, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, the governor said the apology did not emanate from the lawmaker and therefore lacked credibility.

Titled ‘Sen. Ekwunife’s Purported Apology: Another Fabrication Fit for the Waste Bin’. The governor argued that the unsigned apology, said to have come from the “Ekwunife Campaign Organisation”, was suspicious, misleading, and inadequate.

According to Opara, there is no such campaign body since Ekwunife’s gubernatorial ticket was a joint one with the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Anambra State.

“The publication purporting to be an apology for the defamatory statements made against the governor and his wife personally by Senator Ekwunife does not appear to have emanated from the senator herself, given that her defamatory statements were made directly via recorded video and leaked audio conversation,” the statement said.

The governor’s aide insisted that any retraction or apology must come directly from Ekwunife, using the same channels through which the offensive remarks were made, and..  Read . .More …