Former All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has denied endorsing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi for the 2023 presidential election.
Onu who stated this in a statement he signed on Wednesday, was reacting to an article in circulation of the endorsement of the Labour Party Presidential Candidate by one Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, who was reported to have contested for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Primaries in 2019.
He, however, regretted that a reporter in reporting the same story, attributed it to him, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, instead of the name of the person who had issued and signed the statement.
Onu, who is the immediate past Minister of Science and Technology and former National Chairman of the defunct All Nigerian People Party (ANPP) explained that Dr. SKC Ogbonnia was a completely different person from Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.
“My surname is Onu and not Ogbonnia. My other name is Ogbonnaya and not Ogbonnia. The initials SKC are not mine. I never contested for the Presidential Primaries of the APC in 2019.
“In my long political carrier, I have never changed my political party. I have also never been involved in any anti-party activity. It is also important to remember that I served meritoriously as the National Chairman of defunct All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) that for a long time, was the largest opposition political party in the country.
“I therefore request that the general public should make the distinction between Dr. SKC Ogbonnia and Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu. The attempt to copy the statement made by Dr. SKC Ogbonnia and put my name as the caption is mischievous, wicked and unfortunate. We need a high level of civility in the conduct of politics in our dear nation”, he buttressed.
Photo: Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, former APC presidential aspirant.
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