The member representing Ikwuano/ Umuahia Federal Constituency within the National Assembly, Obi Aguocha, has denied allegations that he bought truckloads of rice donated by President Bola Tinubu to his constituents following the elimination of gasoline subsidy.
The allegation was levelled towards the lawmaker by a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Abia State, Charles Ogbonna.
Ogbonna, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, had throughout a latest public occasion, alleged that trailers of rice donated to the Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency had been bought by Aguocha.
“Hon. Obi Aguocha bought the trailers of rice President Tinubu donated to the individuals of Ikwuano/ Umuahia to cushion the impact of the subsidy elimination; let him take me to court docket if he says I lied towards him,” Ogbonna mentioned.
Reacting to the allegation in an announcement he personally signed, Aguocha mentioned: “I state categorically, with out equivocation, that these allegations are solely false, malicious, and a calculated fabrication. At no level was any truckload of federal palliatives or constituency rice diverted, transformed, or bought by me or anybody appearing beneath my path.
“Every meals aid gadgets budgeted and as contained within the Appropriation Act allotted to my federal constituency was distributed transparently and immediately to the great individuals of Ikwuano, Umuahia North and Umuahia South Federal Constituency by way of established, verifiable community-based channels.”
Aguocha who alleged that Ogbonna was waging a political battle towards him, mentioned his downside with the previous commissioner began after he suggested him to cease attacking Governor Alex Otti.
He vowed to institute a lawsuit towards Ogbonna to search redress, including his authorized staff is presently compiling “digital proof” to file a defamation swimsuit.
