Soludo dissociates self from APC membership
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has dissociated himself from any move to contest the governorship of Anambra State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Media report has quoted the state Chairman of the APC, Emeka Ibe, to have listed Soludo and other notable Anambra politicians among those jostling for the governorship ticket of the party in the forthcoming election.
Soludo in a statement issued Wednesday expressed his embarrassment over the misrepresentation.
He said his attention was drawn to media on Wednesday 25, January, in which the Anambra state chairman of APC was reported to have listed his name among those contesting for the party’s nomination for the Anambra State governorship election.
“Since the said publication, I have received hundreds of calls, texts and emails seeking clarification on the matter. I also sought and obtained the phone number of the said state chairman and spoke to him in order to ascertain the veracity of the story, and he confirmed to me that he was mis-reported. Consequently, I wish to clarify that I am not a member of the APC and could therefore not be contesting for its party nomination,” Soludo said. (Thisday)
