Prof. Kingsley Muoghalu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has told Nigerians to disregard news that he has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying such reports are fake and misleading.
Muoghalu, former presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), in a statement on Wednesday, said the article by Elombah News was mischievous because, despite his denying the false claim when the online news outlet contacted him, it still went ahead to publish the story with the headline, which he said was mischievous and misleading.
While expressing his displeasure, Moughalu said, “My attention has been drawn to a news story published by Elombah News, an online medium, with the false and misleading headline ‘Kingsley Muoghalu has Joined APC – Anambra Spokesman’
“This headline and the claim on which the report is based, is false, mischievous, and tendentious. In late 2019, I resigned my membership of the Young Progressives Party, the party on which platform I was a presidential candidate in 2019.
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“But, I did not subsequently join and have not joined, any other political party. I am therefore not a member of any political party in Nigeria today.”
He maintained that the article by Elombah News was doubly mischievous because, in spite of his denying the false claim when the online news outlet contacted him, the medium went ahead to publish the story with the headline, which he considered mischievous and misleading.
“It is unfortunate that the news outlet had to publish the story with no evidence to back it up, while burying my comment debunking the false claim deep inside its story.
“This is irresponsible journalism. I ask the public to disregard this fake news report and be guided by this clarification,” Muoghalu said.
