Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo has denied his involvement in the arrest of one Nnamdi Chude, a Labour Party influencer.
Switch Nigeria can confirm Mr. Chude was arrested on Saturday, 18th March, 2023, on the day of the Governorship and state assembly elections in Anambra.
Chude has been an avid critic of APGA’s Soludo since the former Central Bank Governor became state governor last year.
Chude had accused Soludo of trying to rig the state assembly elections in favour of his party in order to avoid impending impeachment.
“APGA thugs are on rampage in Trans-Nkisi, 3’3 & Awada snatching ballot box. LP is winning comfortably across Anambra.
“I can’t remember the last time I heard of ballot box snatching in Anambra. this is the height of it. @CCSoludo has taken us back to Mbadinauju’s era,” Chude tweeted around 4pm on Saturday.
Soludo said in a tweet he titled “RE: ARREST OF MR. CHUDE BY THE POLICE” that
“The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Police Command has confirmed to me, that one Mr Nnamdi Chude was arrested yesterday (18/03/23) in Anambra by the Cyber Crime Unit of Interpol and taken to Abuja today (19/03/23).The Anambra State Government has no information about the specific allegations or basis of his arrest,” Soludo said in a tweet.
