Anambra State Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo and his wife, Nonye Soludo, have rejected a public apology reportedly issued by Senator Uche Ekwunife, calling it “fabricated” and “unacceptable.”
In a statement released by the Governor’s Senior Special Assistant on New Media, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, the Soludo family insisted that the unsigned apology—allegedly from an “Ekwunife Campaign Organization”—did not come directly from the senator and lacked credibility.
“This so-called apology is nothing but a poorly crafted fabrication,” Opara declared. “It fails to reference the original defamatory video and leaked audio in which Senator Ekwunife personally made her remarks. Any genuine retraction must come from her, through the same channels she used to spread the allegations.”
The governor’s office further questioned the existence of the so-called campaign group, noting that Ekwunife had no independent gubernatorial ticket in Anambra State.
Opara also reminded the public that First Lady Nonye Soludo had previously challenged Ekwunife to personally clear the air—either by swearing an oath of fidelity before the Blessed Sacrament or agreeing to a DNA test for her children alongside the Soludos’ own, to disprove the senator’s alleged claims of infidelity.
“Defamation made by an individual cannot be washed away by a faceless proxy,” Opara stressed, demanding a direct and personal apology from Senator Ekwunife before any reconciliation could be considered.
The political tension between the Soludos and Senator Ekwunife continues to grip Anambra’s political scene, drawing widespread reactions across social media and fueling debates about accountability in public discourse.
