Former Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has issued a warning to Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the November 8, 2025, Anambra election, against using his name and image to solicit votes.
Ngige expressed displeasure over the circulation of campaign posters displaying his photograph alongside Ukachukwu and his running mate, Senator Uche Ekwunife, describing it as an attempt to mislead the public.
The former Anambra governor’s position was conveyed in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media Affairs, Hyggy Obialo, and shared with journalists on Tuesday.
Obialo explained that Ngige is currently on a “sabbatical” from active partisan politics and is taking a break after 25 years of dedicated political and public service.
The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to the online poster in circulation with the photograph of our principal, His Excellency, Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige, ‘Onwa-na-etiliora’, featuring together with the Anambra State APC governorship candidate, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu and his deputy, Senator Uche Ekwunife.
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“We want to use this medium to inform the general public that neither the consent nor approval of our principal was sought and/or obtained, respectively, before the said publication was disseminated to the general public.
“We further wish to inform the general public, that Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige, a former Governor of Anambra State (2003-2006), former Senator who represented Anambra State Central Senatorial District in the seventh Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (2011 – 2015), and a two term Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment (2015 -2023), is on sabbatical from active partisan politics for now as he is taking his well-deserved rest after 25 years of active partisan politics and public service.
“We, therefore, advise the perpetrators to respect the wishes of our principal, who has indicated in many fora that he is out of partisan politics for now.”
