Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, said he has no specific information about the allegations or the basis for the arrest of Twitter user Nnamdi Chude. The details of Chude’s alleged arrest have been sketchy since he raised the alarm about ballot‑box snatching on his Twitter handle. In a statement released on Sunday, Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, confirmed that Chude was arrested on Saturday in Anambra by the Cyber Crime Unit of Interpol and taken to Abuja on Sunday.
Chude had used his Twitter account to warn that thugs, suspected of working for the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, had invaded several polling units in the state and allegedly snatched ballot boxes. He expressed disappointment, claiming the thugs disrupted the voting process to prevent their party from losing the state assembly election to a rival. In his tweet, Chude wrote, “I can’t remember the last time I heard of ballot box snatching in Anambra, this is the height of it, @CCSoludo has taken us back to Mbadinuju’s era.” He was later picked up by security operatives from Onitsha, transported to Awka’s State Criminal Investigation Department, and allegedly detained on a cyber‑crime charge.
Reacting to the development, Aburime emphasized that the state government had no specific information concerning the tweep’s arrest. In a two‑paragraph statement titled “Re: Arrest of one Mr Chude by the police,” he wrote: “The Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Police Command, has confirmed to the Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, that one Mr Nnamdi Chude was arrested yesterday (18/03/23) in Anambra, by the Cyber Crime Unit of Interpol and taken to Abuja, today (19/03/23). Anambra State Government has no information about any specific allegations or basis of his arrest.”
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