Former presidential candidate, Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has denied media reports falsely claiming he was the Labour Party’s candidate in the just-concluded Anambra State governorship election.

In a statement issued on Tuesday via X on Tuesday, Moghalu expressed dismay over what he described as “false and lazy reporting,” after several newspapers and online platforms published stories identifying him as the Labour Party flagbearer, with some even using his photograph.

“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,” Moghalu said.

The former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Deputy Governor clarified that he is not a member of any political party, was not a candidate in the November 8, 2025, Anambra governorship election, and has since quit partisan politics.

“I resigned from participation in partisan politics in September 2022, ahead of the 2023 presidential election,” he said, recalling that he was the Young Progressives Party, YPP, presidential candidate in 2019.

Moghalu further called on all media outlets that published the misleading reports to issue prompt corrections and retractions.