Transnational Corporation (Transcorp) co-founder, Nicholas
Okoye, has condemned the comments about the company by Anambra governorship
hopeful, Chukwuma Soludo.
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) flagbearer and
former Governor Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had claimed he was the brain
behind Transcorp.
Soludo affirmed the pronouncement during the governorship
debate by Arise News and Enough is Enough (EiE) Nigeria.
In a statement on Monday, Okoye, a former Merrill Lynch
banker, described the assertion as false.
He recalled introducing the Transcorp idea to ex-President
Olusegun Obasanjo in America during a visit to former President Bill Clinton.
The capital expert said during the formation, the promoters
held over ten meetings with Obasanjo and Soludo did not attend one.
Okoye added that at no point did the former Nigerian leader
direct him to meet or work with Soludo on the project.
The entrepreneur revealed that his name and signature are on
the registration documents of Transcorp.
“Our first deal was the purchase of Nicon Nuga Hilton Hotel
in Abuja which Val Ozigbo, PDP Anambra guber candidate later transformed. I
negotiated and signed all the documents.
“Soludo was never part of Transcorp. I am shocked that the
former CBN Governor would make such false claims just to gain a political
advantage.”
Okoye further dismissed Soludo’s remark that he recruited
Ozigbo into Transcorp.
“Soludo was long gone as CBN Governor. Ndidi Okereke-Onyiuke
who can make the claims Soludo is making was also gone. It is a lie, please”,
he said.
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