Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, has disowned reports that falsely identified him as the Labour Party candidate in the November 8, 2025, Anambra State governorship election.
In a post on X on Tuesday, November 12, Moghalu said he was “distressed” by publications that used his name and photograph in error, insisting that they had mistaken him for Chief George Moghalu, who was the actual Labour Party candidate in the election.
He wrote, “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 @NgLabour in this election, with some running my photograph along with their reports.
“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.”
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Moghalu clarified that he has not been involved in partisan politics since 2022 and was not affiliated with any political party at the time of the 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.
“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,” he stated.
He urged media outlets that circulated the wrong information to issue immediate corrections and publish retractions.