{
  "id": 15919734,
  "title": "Abia Rep denies selling rice donated to constituents by Tinubu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/abia-rep-denies-selling-rice-donated-to-constituents-by-tinubu",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T16:05:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/21/i-did-not-sell-trailers-of-rice-donated-to-my-constituency-by-president-tinubu-abia-lp-reps-member-aguocha-cries-out/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The National Assembly representative for Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency, Hon. Obi Aguocha, has firmly denied claims that he sold rice donations from President Bola Tinubu to his constituents following the removal of fuel subsidies. This denial comes after former Abia State Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs Commissioner, Charles Ogbonna, leveled the allegation at a recent public event. Ogbonna, who is a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), alleged that Aguocha sold the trailers of rice donated to the Ikwuano/Umuahia Federal Constituency. In response, Aguocha issued a statement asserting the allegations are \"entirely false, malicious, and a calculated fabrication.\" He emphasized that no truckloads of federal palliatives or constituency rice were diverted, converted, or sold by him or anyone acting under his direction. According to Aguocha, all food relief items budgeted and specified in the Appropriation Act for his federal constituency were distributed transparently and directly to the people of Ikwuano, Umuahia North, and Umuahia South through established, verifiable community-based channels. Aguocha further accused Ogbonna of engaging in a political war against him, specifically citing an instance where Ogbonna advised him to stop attacking Governor Alex Otti. Aguocha stated that his legal team is compiling digital evidence to file a defamation suit against Ogbonna.",
  "summary": "The member representing Ikwuano/ Umuahia Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, Obi Aguocha, has denied allegations that he sold truckloads of rice donated by President Bola Tinubu to his constituents following the removal of fuel subsidy. The allegation was levelled against the lawmaker by a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Abia […] Abia Rep denies…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}