Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee for governor of Imo State, has denied a widely circulated video that purportedly showed him resigning before this Saturday’s election.
According to Anyanwu, the popular video was manipulated to trick and mislead the state’s voters.
Anyanwu asked the people of the state to disregard the video in a statement released on Friday by Dumebi Ifeanyichukwu, the director of his campaign council.
He connected the purported video to troublemakers.
The SamJones Governorship Campaign Council is forced to respond to a deceitful film that has been making the rounds and purports to show that Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu, our renowned candidate, has dropped out of the gubernatorial contest.
We assure unequivocally that this information is completely untrue. The video was clearly severely altered with modified audio to confuse the audience, as was discovered after a close inspection.
In a hotly contested race for governor on Saturday, Anyanwu will take on Hope Uzodinma, the current governor.
The PDP candidate had expressed hope that Uzodinma would cede control.