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Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, has refuted claims identifying him as the Labour Party (LP) flag bearer in the November 8, 2025, Anambra State governorship election. In a statement shared on his X account on Tuesday, Moghalu expressed disappointment over several media reports that misrepresented him as the LP candidate and, in some instances, featured his image alongside the stories. Describing the publications as “false,” he explained that the reports had confused him with George Moghalu, who was the Labour Party candidate in the election. He wrote, “I am distressed to have seen several news reports in newspapers and other media on the recently held Anambra State governorship election in Nigeria, citing ‘Kingsley Moghalu’ as the candidate of Labour Party @NgLabour in this election, with some running my photograph along with their reports. “These reports are false, unfortunate and smack of lazy reporting, as they were apparently conflating Chief George Moghalu, who was the Labour Party candidate in the election, with me.” Moghalu clarified that he is not affiliated with any political party, did not contest in the Anambra poll and has not been involved in partisan politics since 2022. “For the avoidance of doubt, I am not a member of any political party in Nigeria. I was not a candidate in the Anambra State gubernatorial election held on November 8, 2025. “I resigned from participation in partisan politics in Nigeria in September 2022, ahead of the 2023 presidential election. “I was the presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in the 2019 presidential election,” he added. Moghalu further urged media outlets that circulated the misleading reports to promptly issue corrections and publish retractions. The actual LP candidate, George Moghalu, ran against the incumbent Governor Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and other contenders, including Nicholas Ukachukwu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to official results declared by the Returning Officer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, Soludo emerged victorious, polling a wide margin over his opponents. Ukachukwu garnered 99,445 votes, while Chukwuma secured 37,753. George Moghalu placed fourth with 10,576 votes and later rejected the results, alleging massive vote-buying and underage voting.
