Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has refuted claims that he consulted a local physician to spice up his re-election possibilities forward of the November 8 governorship contest. A video circulating on-line appeared to indicate the governor assembly with a conventional healer, prompting widespread hypothesis.
In a press release launched Thursday, Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, labelled the footage “utterly false and maliciously fabricated.” Aburime defined that the video was captured throughout an official engagement with Anambra-based content material creators, organised by the governor’s Particular Senior Assistant on New Media, Ejimofor Opara.
“Through the interactive session, content material creators have been inspired to current their abilities and talk about the challenges dealing with the business,” Aburime stated. “One of many attendees carried out a comedic skit involving a local physician character—a standard trope in Nigerian on-line comedy. This was purely an leisure efficiency and never an precise session. The declare that Gov. Soludo sought the providers of a local physician is solely false.”
Aburime criticised political opponents for distorting the skit to mislead the general public. “It’s disheartening that political opponents would distort an harmless inventive presentation to mislead the general public.”
Reaffirming Soludo’s re-election technique, Aburime famous the governor’s confidence in his efficiency report and the continuing implementation of the “Resolution Agenda,” his administration’s growth plan. “Governor Soludo stays assured of victory based mostly on his observe report in {economic} and inventive sector growth.”
He pointed to the not too long ago inaugurated Resolution Enjoyable Metropolis challenge—a brand new leisure and tourism hub—as proof of Soludo’s dedication to {economic} diversification. “This challenge displays his administration’s dedication to empowering the leisure and tourism sectors,” Aburime stated.