Conventional rulers in Bende Federal Constituency of Abia State have disowned and dissociated themselves from a report circulating as a purported 2019 settlement on illustration and rotation for the seat of the constituency within the Space of Representatives.
The report, related to the Labour Celebration (LP) candidate for Bende Federal Constituency, Chima Anyaso over the weekend the place in it was once purported that the Deputy Speaker of the Space of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu along some conventional rulers from Bende North and Bende South, the 2 political blocs that made up the federal constituency signed an 8-year rotation settlement between them in 2019.
In a swift response to the advance, the Director Basic of the Benjamin Kalu Motion (BKM), Hon. Emma Trumps Eke, whose identify and signature seemed at the report as signatory debunked the claims, announcing the report was once solid and no such assembly ever held amongst Bende conventional rulers.
He distanced himself and the Deputy Speaker from the report in move, caution towards planned makes an attempt to motive department among the folks of Bende and the standard establishment.
The report had mentioned that the settlement came about on January 10, 2019 while the proposal for negotiations was once signed on February 4, 2026, a construction that casts doubts on its supply and authenticity.
In his disclaimer, Eke mentioned: “I’ve been made conscious about a report circulating as a purported proposal on illustration and rotation in Bende Federal Constituency. The report is claimed to were signed through me, Rev. Emmanuel Trumps Eke, and my Fundamental, the Deputy Speaker of the Space of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu, Ph.D., CFR.
“I want to state categorically that neither I, nor my Fundamental, signed this sort of report. It’s false and an outright fabrication.”
At the content material of the report, Eke mentioned: “The font and magnificence of writing the names of Conventional Rulers and dates inserted at the signatory web page of the report makes it transparent that it’s an outright forgery.
“Letter one was once presupposed to were produced on February 4, 2019. The date of the second one report is nineteenth January, 2019. If the standard rulers have already settled a question in January, why will we want to search the similar reliefs in February?
“The Conventional Ruler who’s presupposed to have signed as Chairman of Bende South in 2019, Eze Patrick Ude, was once now not Chairman of Bende South Conventional Rulers Council in 2019.”
“A report produced through Conventional Rulers of Bende will probably be put on their legit letter head with the precise legit accouterments and now not on a facsimile paper.
“The standard rulers, whose names are indexed as signatories and witnesses to the report, have, at more than a few fora, denied that this sort of report exists or that they signed it.
“The primary web page is a bromide of a letter we wrote to Bende Stakeholders in 2019 soliciting their improve. They have got got rid of the unique content material of the letter and superimposed their forgery.
“I due to this fact state with out equivocation that the report in move is pretend and an outright forgery.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I reiterate once more that no such dialog or settlement about tenure and switch came about with someone, to the most efficient of my wisdom.
“It’s regrettable that this purported report is getting used to advance a story about “flip” and political agreements. The ones making such claims will have to center of attention on presenting their plans and suggestions without delay to the folks of Bende, fairly than depending on a solid report.
“I beg the general public to workout warning and check the authenticity of any report sooner than sharing it. The ones chargeable for generating, or knowingly distributing a solid report, will probably be held responsible in response to the regulation.”
In a similar way, the standard rulers whose names seemed at the report have additionally issued separate disclaimers.
His Royal Highness Dr. Patrick Ude, Isiobu 1 of Umuisiobu Independent Neighborhood, Bende LGA indexed as Chairman/consultant from Bende South, in a letter dated October 9, 2026 mentioned he was once by no means part of such assembly, let on my own signing any report.
“I hereby state obviously and with out ambiguity to Ndi Bende, Abia State and most of the people that I used to be by no means invited to, by no means attended any assembly the place such settlement was once mentioned or reached. I didn’t signal, thumbprint or witness any report in admire of rotation of Bende Federal Constituency seat.
“My identify and place of business was once incorporated in that letter with out my wisdom or consent. I dissociate myself utterly from the mentioned e-newsletter and its content material. Most people will have to put out of your mind the e-newsletter because it considerations me. I can stay a father to all political actors and I’m for peace, fairness and development of Bende federal constituency”, he mentioned.
Additionally, HRH Eze Jerry Akpala Igwe (Aka-ji Ofo Merchandise) of Ikwueze Okoko Merchandise Autonomy Neighborhood, Bende Native Govt House of the State in his personal letter dated October 10, 2026 dissociated himself from the paperwork.
“I want to state categorically that the purported signature on that report does now not resemble mine and was once now not signed through me. I hereby dissociate myself from the report circulating on social media as I used to be now not a part of the sort of report at any cut-off date and it will have to be discountenanced through most of the people”, he mentioned.
On his section, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Eze John Akaliro, Obasiukwu 11 of
Umuonuoha, Umuibe, Ogboko Umuobasiukwu Ozuitem Independent Neighborhood, Bende LGA in a letter dated October 9, 2026 mentioned the report is pretend.
“The report in move bearing my identify is pretend and will have to be discountenanced as I didn’t signal or witness the sort of report”, he mentioned.