PROFESSOR Lilian Orogbu has debunked rumours that she was considering stepping down as deputy governorship candidate to Chukwuma Umeoji, the factional governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Anambra State.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had published Chukwuma Umeoji and Prof. Lilian Orogbu as governorship and deputy governorship candidates of APGA but replaced the duo in its second publication, citing court order for its action.

As the two factions await judgement from higher court where the case was appealed, there reports that the former Dean of Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, had