Man who tweeted against Gov Soludo, APGA arrested, moved to Abuja

Police in Anambra State on Saturday arrested a suspect, Nnamdi Chude, for tweeting in opposition to Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo.

Chude, a fervent supporter of the Labour Occasion tweeted on Saturday, alleging that Soludo’s social gathering, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, was concerned within the rigging of the Home of Meeting election.

He insisted that Soludo was instrumental to the rigging, and that some thugs carted away poll containers. He described such motion as dragging Anambra again to the period of former governor, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju.

Chude was later arrested in Onitsha by police operatives and moved to the state capital, Awka.

In the meantime, a message by the Press Secretary to Anambra State governor, Mr Christian Aburime avowed that the suspect has been moved to Abuja on Sunday, and that the governor neither had a hand in his arrest nor conscious of his crime.

Aburime mentioned: “The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Police Command has confirmed to the Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, that one Mr Nnamdi Chude was arrested yesterday (18/03/23) in Anambra by the Cyber Crime Unit of Interpol and brought to Abuja right this moment (19/03/23).

“Anambra State Authorities has no details about any particular allegations or foundation of his arrest.”

From outcomes already declared by the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, Governor Soludo’s APGA received a majority of the state meeting seats within the state, adopted by the Labour Occasion.