'I want to state categorically that those statements never emanated from me or my campaign council,' Mrs Ekwunife said.
Mrs Ekwunife, who currently represents Anambra Central Senatorial District, said an online blog which she did not mention had been circulating an article that she has endorsed Mr Obi for president.
She campaigned for Mr Obi, a former two-term governor of Anambra State when he was the vice presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 election which he and then-presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, lost to the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari. She also said the online blog attributed statements that may translate as adopting Mr Obi as her candidate for the election.
Although she said Mr Obi is her leader and elder brother from Anambra Central whom she respects and holds in high esteem, she noted, however, that their political aspirations have become divergent hence, “the need for me to focus on delivering our Presidential Candidate, His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar, and the Vice Presidential Candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, who are of the PDP.
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