Ogbonnaya Onu denies endorsing Peter Obi for president

Former Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu has denied endorsing the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi for president.

In a statement he personally signed, Onu said news going round that he had given his support to the former Anambra State governor is false.

According to him, he has never had any reason to leave one party for another since he started politics and was not ready to leave the All Progressives Congress.

“Early this morning, many national newspapers carried the story of the endorsement of the Labour Party presidential candidate by one Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, who was reported to have contested for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Primaries in 2019. A few minutes ago, someone drew my attention to an article in circulation of that same story but captioned with my name, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, instead of the name of the person who had  issued and signed the  statement.

“Dr. SKC Ogbonnia is a completely different person from Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu. My surname is Onu and not Ogbonnia.  My other name is Ogbonnaya and not Ogbonnia. The initials SKC are not mine. I never contested for the presidential primaries of the APC in 2019.

“In my long political carrier, I have never changed my political party. I have also never been involved in any anti-party activity. It is also important to remember that I served meritoriously as the National Chairman of defunct All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP), that for a long time, was the largest opposition political party in the country.

“I therefore request that the general public should make the distinction between Dr. SKC Ogbonnia and Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu. The attempt to copy the statement made by Dr. SKC Ogbonnia and put my name as the caption is mischievous, wicked and unfortunate. We need a high level of civility in the conduct of politics in our dear nation,” he said.