Politics
2023: OGBONNAYA ỌNỤ REMAINS A SUPPORTER OF TINUBU – GROUP
… ONU DID NOT AUTHOR ANY LETTER TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI
The Greater Awgu Elders Forum has frowned at an attempt by some unknown group of people to distort facts regarding a widely circulated letter urging Buhari to support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.
The letter which was originally written by an All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain and former presidential aspirant, Dr SKC Ogbonnia has been falsely attributed to former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Chief Ogbonnaya Onu.
In a statement by the group on Monday, the Publicity Secretary of the forum, Dr Hillary Njoku described the distortion as the handiwork of mischief makers, adding that Nigerians should always beware of fake news.
Part of the statement reads: “The attention of the Greater Awgu Elders Forum has been drawn to some messages in circulation which was attributed to Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the former minister of Science and Technology.
“The said message(s) was an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari written by one of our sons, who was a former Chieftain and Presidential Aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“Our son, SKC Ogbonnia, wrote the said 13 paragraph letter on the 30th of September, 2022 but disseminated it to the public via his Facebook page on the 2nd of October, 2022.
“Dr Ogbonnaya Onu is a known supporter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and her candidate, Alhaji Ahmed Bola Tinubu and hitherto, has not shown any sign of making any imminent changes.
“Ordinarily, we are not supposed to reply but, We decided to make this statement to ensure that Nigerians are not misinformed and to ensure that our son gets the desired credit for his wonderful letter.
“We call on everyone to jettison the idea that the speech was written by Dr Ogbonnaya Onu and attribute the original person the credit herein.
“We also call on Nigerians, to avoid the attitude of propagating falsehood against individuals or groups in the name of politics especially now that we are approaching election dates.”
“The letter enumerated his reasons for making a different presidential choice outside that of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and why Buhari should see reasons with him.
“Our son shocked the whole world with that letter and created an opportunity for others to think differently.
“We cannot see the reason why such a wonderful message would be edited and attributed to another person.
“Dr Ogbonnaya Onu did not write the said letter. Our son, Dr SKC Ogbonnia did, which is why the wrong attribution needs to stop and be avoided with assiduity.
