By Kamsi Anayo, Awka
Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo has dismissed claims by opposing political parties in the area that the ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance spent the sum of N3.5 billion on vote buying during the just concluded State Assembly election.
This is coming as the party won 17 out of the 30 seats at the state Assembly and followed by the Labour Party which won 8 seats.
The Young Progressives Party (YPP) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won three and two seats respectively.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Christian Aburime, described the allegations as baseless and unfounded and urged the general public to ignore them.
“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 Gov. Charles Soludo-led administration spent a whooping 3.5 billion Naira to execute the State 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)”
“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 the society.”
“Gov. Soludo does not need to buy votes to win 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 figment of their imagination and should be disregarded by Ndi Anambra and the general public.” he said.
