Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has said he obliged Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, to use the Anambra State government house facility to launch his presidential bid under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) only for him to read in the news two months later that latter had dumped the main opposition party.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the governor made the comments in a lengthy write-up personally authored, with the title, “History Beckons, and I Will Not Be Silent (Part 1).”
Soludo branded Labour Party as “a party with literally zero structure”.
“We (Soludo and Obi) sat next to each other during the Emeka Anyaoku lecture at Nnamdi Azikiwe University on 8th March, 2022 and I made an offer for him to return to APGA and contest as its presidential candidate. Yes, I did.
“In my mind, it was time for Igbos to organize their region politically before stepping out to bargain power with other organized coalitions.
“On his part, he tried to convince me that he expected APC to unravel while PDP would be the “only one” standing.
“We debated and he proposed that we could meet later to discuss further.
“He attended my inauguration on March 17. A few weeks later, he requested and I obliged him to use the Anambra State government house facility to launch his presidential bid under PDP.
“I was surprised to read in the news later that he had defected to LP (a party with literally zero structure), thereby attempting to weaken the same PDP he saw as the saviour a few weeks earlier,” Soludo said.
Please what is your concern. He read the handwriting on the wall and saw what was about to happen and left. That is the wisdom.
I voted for you thinking you are somebody. Just remember that what goes around comes around.
Medicine after death. You have destroyed yourself politically
Soludo is not a democrat, rather a self sented person with no peoples interest. Is a mistake to have him as a governor, because he feel why not him? Remember you can never advice wisdom, he is a master know it all, and any one who claim to know it all Is a fool. Let him be wise before he shot himself on the foot. Nigerians are watching, and we will decide not him and his cohorts. Thanks
Sir, u better stop all these nonsense writeups & face ur work of governing anambra state with bad state of insecurity more seriously
Tell tinubu to drop for young man to tule baba is too old and he is a sickman let him go and rest what apc spoiled apc cant correct it again
Soludo, a renowned professor, talks before thinking. As you enjoy your first term in office, start picking your items in government house. You have just shot yourself in the leg, no second term for you.
Soludo would have been happier if PO had tarried awhile so that he would be disgraced alongside his Igbo kinsmen in the infamous PDP presidential primaries.
I had a lot of respect for soludo before now but i m very suprised at his level of understanding and spoken words even though it is his own opinión about mr peter Obi, solido when you point a finger at someone the rest comes back to you, what goes around comes around bear believe that.
You will soon be stoned with pure water, nonsense.
Soludo is pdp Agent period.
Soludo, You expected a personality like Peter Obi to be part of the bazaar in the pdp presidential primaries.
Sometimes I wonder if academic intelligent differs from wisdom because Soludu has no indepth political intellect. He speaks like a man who do not understand Nigeria and it political manipulation. Even Wike would have beaten Peter Obi in that PDP contest bcs selected few were the voters .
Soludo is talking
How can he remain in PDP with the likes of Wike seeing pdp as their inheritance?
He bolted because the principalities and powers in PDP cannot guarantee him a level play ground.
I THOUGHT WE,( IGBOS) UNDERSTOOD AS WELL AS APPRECIATE DEMOCRACY,WHY ARE WE SOUNDING LIKE LAY MEN IN THIS ISSUE,OR CAN THE GOAL POST NOW BE CHANGED JUST BECAUSE WE THINK WE MUST SCORE A GOAL?
IF DEMOCRACY REMAINS A GOVERNMENT WHERE PEOPLE HAVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE,ETC,THEN SOLUDO AND ANY OTHER PERSON AMONGST US OWES NO ONE ANY APOLOGY FOR THROWING THEIR WEIGHT BEHIND A CANDIDATE OTHER THAN PETER OBI.
TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT,IN POLITICS,IT IS TERMED TREASON AND FELONY FOR A CARD CARRYING MEMBER OF A POLITICAL PARTY TO SUPPORT THE CANDIDATE OF ANOTHER PARTY IN AN ELECTION IN WHICH THE FORMER IS FIELDING A CANDIDATE.
IN THIS CASE,’ APGA’ HAS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE,” MR.UMEADI”, SHOULD CHUKWUMA SOLUDO JETTISON HIS PARTY’S CANDIDATE AND BE SELLING THAT OF THE LABOUR PARTY,WHEN HIS OWN PARTY DIDN’T COLLAPSE HER STRUCTURE INTO THE LATER’S, SIMPLY BECAUSE WE MUST WIN?
NOW LET US SAY,IGBO VOTE IGBO,YORUBA VOTE YORUBA,HAUSA VOTE HAUSA,ETC,HOW DO WE STAND THE CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING?
WE CAN’T SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE,BECAUSE WE ARE NOT “MUMU” ANY LONGER,BUT WITH DIFFERENT VOICES WELL ARTICULATED TO AT ALL COST BRING US BACK INTO THE POLITICAL,MILITARY AS WELL AS THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC MAIN STAY OF THIS GREAT NATION,NOTWITHSTANDING WHICH PARTY HOLDS SWAY IN ABUJA.
OBVIOUSLY, 75% OF US ( IGBO ELECTORATE) COULD BE BEHIND MR. OBI, SHOULD THE REMAINING 25% BE REDUNDANT, BECAUSE THEY MUSTN’T SUPPORT ANY OTHER CANDIDATE, SINCE THEY STAYED AWAY FROM HIM(OBI)? THE BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION YEARNING FOR ANSWER WOULD BE,”WHAT IF THE LABOUR PARTY COULDN’T MAKE IT,ARE WE READY TO SUFFER WORSE SITUATION THAN WE MAY HAVE FOUND OURSELVES IN, SINCE 2015,AS A RESULT OF THE FATAL MISTAKE OF 2012/2013? OF COURSE YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE.
“OUR MUMU SUPPOSE DON’T DO BY NOW,UMU IGBO IBE M!!!!
Please Soludo tell the people of Anambra your hidden agenda with PDP.
Proff, it’s unfortunate you are still sleeping. The whole country has gone past these childishness. We are now focused on building a new united Nigeria for today and the future. ……….So dear proff stop distracting us. If you want to be a president, wait for your turn…….you know how those people say it “emi your ko”.