Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has disowned reports claiming he was the Labour Party candidate in the November 8, 2025, Anambra State governorship election.
Moghalu, in a statement shared on his official X account on Tuesday, expressed disappointment over what he described as “false and lazy reporting” by some media outlets that published his name and in some cases, his photograph as the LP candidate in the election.
“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 in this election, with some running my photograph along with their reports,” he said.
“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.”
The former presidential candidate clarified that he has not been a member of any political party since 2022 and had no involvement whatsoever in the just-concluded election.
“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,” he stated.
“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.”
Moghalu called on all media organisations that published the inaccurate reports to immediately issue corrections and retractions, warning against misinformation that could mislead the public.
Meanwhile, the actual Labour Party candidate, Chief George Moghalu, contested against 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 the official results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Governor Soludo won convincingly, while George Moghalu came fourth with 10,576 votes.
However, the LP candidate has since rejected the outcome, alleging widespread vote-buying and underage voting. Speaking to journalists in Nnewi after the announcement, he said, “The exercise was marred by widespread vote buying and reports of underage voting in some areas. The November 8 governorship election in Anambra State, in my view, fell short of expectations. I hereby reject it in its entirety.”
