Governor Soludo, Spouse Rejects Senator Ekwunife’s Alleged Apology

• Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo and Dr. Nonye Soludo reject a reported apology from Senator Uche Ekwunife.
• They label the apology as “one other fabrication.”
• Ekwunife is the deputy governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) within the upcoming Anambra election.

Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State and his spouse, Dr. Nonye Soludo, have dismissed a reported apology attributed to Senator Uche Ekwunife, calling it “one other fabrication.”

Ekwunife, the All Progressives Congress (APC) deputy governorship candidate within the forthcoming Anambra election, was earlier accused of constructing allegations of infidelity in opposition to the governor’s spouse.

In a press release issued Wednesday and signed by Mazi Ejimofor Opara, Senior Particular Assistant to the Governor on New Media, the administration stated the apology didn’t originate from the senator and due to this fact lacked credibility. The assertion, titled “Sen. Ekwunife’s Purported Apology: One other Fabrication Match for the Waste Bin,” described the unsigned message, purportedly from the “Ekwunife Marketing campaign Group,” as “suspicious, deceptive, and insufficient.”

Opara defined that no such marketing campaign group exists since Ekwunife is on a joint ticket with the APC governorship candidate.

“The publication purporting to be an apology for the defamatory statements made in opposition to the Governor and his spouse personally by Senator Ekwunife doesn’t seem to have emanated from the Senator herself, on condition that her defamatory statements had been made straight by way of recorded video and leaked audio dialog,” the assertion learn.

In line with Opara, any real retraction should come straight from Ekwunife and “utilizing the identical channels by which the offensive remarks had been made.”

“The so-called apology by no means referenced Madam Ekwunife’s preliminary video and audio however as a substitute centered on an unsigned article. This solely factors to her complicity, straight or not directly, because the supply of the article. It implies that no real apology was meant or tendered,” he added.

The assertion additionally recalled that Dr. Nonye Soludo had challenged Ekwunife to take two steps: “first, to swear an oath earlier than the Blessed Sacrament affirming constancy to her marriage; and second, to topic her youngsters to a DNA take a look at, alongside the Soludos’ personal youngsters, to disprove the infidelity allegations.”

Opara pressured, “Any contrite apology should observe a private and direct retraction of her defamatory statements,” including, “Slander or libel straight made by a person can’t be vicariously dismissed by any agent or proxy.”

Describing the alleged apology as “one other unsubstantiated social media gossip,” the governor’s workplace stated it will deal with the doc as nonexistent whereas persevering with to demand a “clear and unambiguous retraction” from the senator herself.