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Chukwujekwu Ilozue

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship Candidate in the November 8 gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Mr. John Chuma Nwosu has expressed concern on the spate of donations to Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s campaign fund.

It will be recalled that several communities and individuals have been donating various sums of money to Governor Soludo for the November 8 governorship election the climax of such donations coming from Dunukofia local government people who donated N611.6 million last Saturday.

Soludo’s supporters hailed such donations as new developments in the electoral process but Nwosu wondered where such monies are coming from.
Reacting to this, Nwosu said “I’m aware of the reports that some groups and towns have made humongous donations to Governor Soludo and APGA in purported support of his campaign for the governorship election on the 8th November, 2025.

“Such donations raise real concerns in the context of the extant electoral law as well as morality and rule of law.

“I have no problem with individuals making donations to the governor so long as it is not quid-pro-quo, as some are suggesting. If the deal is that people are given padded and bloated contracts on the condition that they return the extras as campaign donations, then it is wrong, and a subterfuge that borders on criminality”

Nwosu further said the situation is even worse, when such donations come from some “cash-strapped local governments. That also raises issues of conflict of interest and culpability”.

He observed that almost all the local governments in Anambra have nothing to show from the current governor and his government relative to the funds they have received from the federal government. “So, LGs making huge donations to the governor is a charade and a blatant display of official dishonesty”.

Nwosu insisted that based on his record, Governor Soludo does not have the support, nor does he deserve re-election.

“Also, given what transpired during the last by-elections, we know that the APGA- led government has gone rogue. At no time in the history of governorship elections in Anambra State can we recall any precedents of this level vote buying, public dishonesty and open desperation to hoodwink the voting public to engage routingly and submit to vote buying, which is illegal according to the Electoral Act.

“So, whatever machinations these recent spate of opaque donations represent, those who sell their votes must remember that they are selling their patrimony, freedom, and democratic rights. Elections should be won by popular votes and not via purchased votes by a governor on his way out of office due to his visibly poor performance”, he concluded#