Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,
CBN, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has dismissed
reports that he was interested in contesting this
year’s Anambra gubernatorial election under the
platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He said he was not a member of the APC and could
not be contesting for its party nomination.

The state chairman of the party, Mr. Emeka Ibe,
yesterday claimed that Soludo was among the
contenders for the party’s nomination for the
Anambra governorship election. “We just discovered that Prof Soludo has not
registered as a member of our party in his ward.
And you know the journey begins from the ward,”
he was quoted as saying. “He is a big friend of us and a big friend to the APC
Federal Government, but he must first register at
his ward level before any other thing. “For Mrs Uche Ekwunife, we just discovered that
she might not want to run for this year’s
governorship in the state.

“For these reasons we have decided to drop their
names from the list of the governorship aspirants
in the forthcoming election in the state on the
platform of our party”, he added. But Soludo, who expressed surprise at the APC’s
claim, said he had received several calls, texts and
emails seeking clarification on the matter since
appearance of the said publications. “I also sought and obtained the phone number of
the said state chairman and spoke to him in order
to ascertain the veracity of the story,” he said in a
statement yesterday. “I wish to clarify that I am not a member of the APC
and could therefore not be contesting for its party
nomination”, he declared.