Enugu APC chairman under fire over attack on Onyeama

Magnus Eze, Enugu

Enugu Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ben Nwoye, has come under attack for allegedly sponsoring spurious media attack on Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama.

Nwoye and his cohorts were alleged to be behind recent reports, particularly in the social media claiming that Onyeama and his Personal Assistant, Chief Flavour Eze, tested positive for Covid-19 and reportedly returned to Enugu with the deliberate intention of spreading the disease in the state.

Enugu state Government has since debunked the rumour and instead disclosed that the two cases in the state were returnees from the United Kingdom.

The minister’s aide in a statement in Enugu, yesterday, accused Nwoye of trying to politicise a case that he (Eze) reported to the police against one Nwanjoku James Okugo, who had criminally defamed him through various publications in social and print media.

Part of the statement reads: “The sole intention of the malicious allegations, which he knew to be untrue, was to cause widespread alarm and panic in the state and endanger the lives of the Minister and myself by inciting hatred against us through demonisation.

“I, in my personal capacity, reported the matter to the Nigeria Police after the period given to the author of the article to retract the malicious write-up had elapsed. The police have since swung into action; arrested the suspect and are currently making progress in their investigation.”