Iwuanyanwu said in a press statement released by his media adviser, Ben Osuagwu, that there was no attack on him or any of his staff.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Industrialist, Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has debunked rumour that he was attacked by gunmen and his driver killed.
Rumour of the alleged attack spread on Tuesday.
However, Iwuanyanwu said in a press statement on Wednesday released by his media adviser, Ben Osuagwu, that there was no attack on him or any of his staff.
“Our attention has been drawn to some rumours that unknown gunmen attacked our leader Chief(Dr.) Iwuanyanwu and killed his driver.
“We hereby inform the public that this is not true. Neither our Leader Chief Dr Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu nor any of his staff was attacked.
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“Our Leader however prays to God Almighty that peace and normalcy should return in our land,” the statement reads.
Iwuanyanwu, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), announced his resignation from partisan politics in September 2021.
The three-time presidential aspirant made the announcement in a statement he signed ahead of his 79th birthday.
In May, Iwuanyanwu lamented the increasing rate of killing, kidnapping, and unrest in the country while addressing the National Leadership of Inter-Faith Youth Council of Nigeria (IFYCN) on the occasion of the presentation of the 2022 Inter-Faith Youth Council of Nigeria Outstanding Peace Award as an Icon of National and Societal Development to him in his Owerri office.