Anambra: Chido Obidiegwu, ex-MD of broadcasting service, redeployed NOT sacked

The Anambra government says Chido Obidiegwu, former managing-director of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS), was not sacked.

On Thursday, Governor Chukwuma Soludo appointed Christopher Molokwu, an indigene of Delta state, as Obidiegwu’s replacement.

A statement signed by Christian Aburime, chief press secretary to the governor, quoted Soludo as saying that he “wish Obidiegwu well in his future endevours”.

In another statement on Friday,  Aburime said Obidiegwu was only redeployed and not sacked.

“The Anambra state government has made a clarification that the exit of Mr. Chido Obidiegwu as the managing director of Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) is just a routine redeployment and not a sack as being insinuated by some sections of the media,” the statement reads.

“It would be recalled that the Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR, recently approved the appointment of a new Managing Director for ABS as part of ongoing reshuffling and rejigging of government operations.

“Therefore, this clarification becomes necessary to correct wrong impressions being created in the minds of the public that Mr. Obidiegwu was sacked. He has only been redeployed and not sacked as being erroneously reported.”