The Ohaozara, Onicha, and Ivo (Ohanivo) House of Representative candidate for the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Nkemkanma Kama, Tuesday, debunked stories in the social media saying that he was sacked by an Abakaliki High Court.
Mr. Kama, in a statement by his media office said the alleged reports which claimed that the court declared one Mr. Festus Ọdịi as the candidate of the party is a figment of the imagination of those afraid of his towering profile.
He noted that there was never a court case that requires any ruling in any court.
The statement further noted that the mammoth outpouring of felicitations that trailed Mr. Kama’s birthday on Monday from his constituents and the general public may have been responsible for the hoax being peddled in a bid to whittle down his growing popularity among Ohanivo voters.
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to the rumor making rounds that there was a ruling of the Federal High Court Abakaliki today awarding victory to Chief Festus Odii against our principal, Dr. Nkemkanma Kama.
“We are not unaware that the enormous way our principal was celebrated during his birthday may have thrown some persons into a state of frenzied panic forcing them to resort to concocting cheap lies about a nonexistent court ruling.”