The
candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Dr. David
Ogba-Onuoha has faulted the report published by national tabloid, Sun
newspapers, as owned by his opponent and former governor of Abia state, Dr.
Orji Uzor Kalu following the move by INEC to disqualify fresh candidates from
taking part in the re-run election.
The
report noted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
disqualified the candidate of APGA, Onuoha-Bourdex from participating in the
re-run election.
Faulting
it as being false, malicious and slanderous, Bourdex went further to file
charges against the tabloid and proprietor, while urging the people of Abia
North to avoid all acts to deter them from achieving the desired aim of saving
the zone.
“It
is very unfortunate that once reputable tabloid has reduced itself to the very
level of playing dirty politics. A calumny one at that, the editorial board got
themselves involved because their proprietor is in the race with me. Journalism
as we all know is supposed to be about values and objectivism.
“If
such values cannot be preserved, why then should we see them and their sources
as being reliable? We definitely cannot. I have spoken to my lawyers, and
charges are coming up against them. I hope they will be out of business when
their proprietor will be losing out again from the race.
“Those
who engage into such propaganda are renowned losers. If he is uncomfortable
this much, it means his self-claimed legacy is an unseen one. A popular
candidate cannot be that desperate. I know I’m his problem, because my
antecedent and popularity is giving him sleepless night, but then, he should
wait till after the re-run election when I will be declared winner,” he said.
According
to the purported report with the headline: Re-run polls: INEC disqualifies
fresh candidates, the body claims, “In Abia, the commission disqualified the
candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Mr. David Ogba Onuoha. It
cleared the candidate of Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu
and that of other parties.”
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