Anambra State Governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has vehemently denied “totally false” online claims and video clips suggesting he consulted a native doctor regarding his re-election prospects in November 2025
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]oludo re-election claims involving a native doctor have been dismissed as “totally false” by Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
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Reports and video clips circulating online had suggested the governor consulted a spiritualist to “brighten” his chances for the state governorship election scheduled for November 8, 2025.
In a press statement released on Tuesday by his Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, the governor clarified the origins of the misleading video.
He explained that the clip, being “maliciously circulated and misrepresented,” was taken during a recent official government meeting with Anambra-based content creators.
“The attention of Anambra State Government has been drawn to a malicious and deliberately fabricated online publication and social media comments making spurious claims that the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, consulted a native doctor regarding his re-election prospects,” the statement read.
“The state government hereby debunks the allegations as totally false. For the interest of the general public, the video clip being maliciously circulated and misrepresented, as evidence of native doctor consultation, was taken during a recent official government meeting with Anambra-based content creators.”
The session, facilitated by the Special Senior Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Mazi Ejimofor Opara, was organised to foster partnership between the state government and the creative industry, aligning with Soludo’s commitment to supporting Anambra’s creative economy.
During this interactive session, content creators were encouraged to showcase their talents and share concerns.
Aburime explained that as part of the presentations, “one of the content creators performed a native doctor skit, a common comic genre in Nigerian entertainment, to demonstrate their creative abilities to the governor and other officials present.”
The statement strongly criticised those behind the misinformation: “This was purely an entertainment performance by a content creator, not a consultation session.
The state government thus found it deeply disappointing that critics and political opponents would stoop so low as to deliberately fabricate malicious narratives from an innocent entertainment performance and spread misinformation to mislead the public.”
The governor’s office emphasised that Soludo’s focus remains on developing Anambra’s creative economy through investment plans, citing the recently commissioned Solution Fun City project as an example.
It further clarified that “Soludo does not need consultations with any native doctor to win reelection, as he relies solely on the support of Ndi Anambra based on his impressive performance and focus on delivering the ‘solution agenda’ by transforming Anambra State into a livable and prosperous homeland.”
Governor Soludo urged “Ndi Anambra, media channels and social media users to disregard the misinformation concerning the circulated video clip.”
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He appealed to the public to “always verify information before sharing or amplifying content and reject malicious stories sponsored to mislead the public.”
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