The member representing Ikwuano/ Umuahia Federal Constituency within the National Assembly, Obi Aguocha, has denied allegations that he offered truckloads of rice donated by President Bola Tinubu to his constituents following the removing of gasoline subsidy.
The allegation was levelled in opposition to 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 have been offered by Aguocha.
“Hon. Obi Aguocha sold the trailers of rice President Tinubu donated to the people of Ikwuano/ Umuahia to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal; let him take me to court if he says I lied against him,” Ogbonna mentioned.
Reacting to the allegation in an announcement he personally signed, Aguocha mentioned: “I state categorically, without equivocation, that these allegations are entirely false, malicious, and a calculated fabrication. At no point was any truckload of federal palliatives or constituency rice diverted, converted, or sold by me or anyone acting under my direction.
“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 folks of Ikwuano, Umuahia North and Umuahia South Federal Constituency by means of established, verifiable community-based channels.”
Aguocha who alleged that Ogbonna was waging a political war against him, said his problem with the former commissioner started after he advised him to stop attacking Governor Alex Otti.
He vowed to institute a lawsuit against Ogbonna to seek redress, adding his legal team is presently compiling “digital proof” to file a defamation swimsuit.
