Anambra 2025: You possibly can’t unseat Soludo, APGA tells APC aspirant

The All Progressives Grand Alliance has informed one of many frontline aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, to drop his ambition of unseating Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.

Okonkwo, throughout the inauguration of the brand new APC secretariat in Awka, final week Saturday and at totally different fora, had boasted of unseating Soludo, if given the APC ticket, insisting that solely he has the capability to manipulate Anambra within the subsequent dispensation.

Reacting to Okonkwo’s feedback in a press assertion issued on Saturday (At this time), the Nationwide Coordinator of APGA Media Warriors Discussion board, Chinedu Obigwe, mentioned that even when Okonkwo will get the APC ticket, he might be roundly defeated by Soludo within the November 8 governorship election.

The assertion partly reads, “What we found about Okonkwo is that he likes rubbing shoulders with Soludo even when it’s clear to Nigerians at giant that he can’t compete with Soludo. He’s solely forcing himself to be on the identical degree as Soludo, however he isn’t and may by no means be. As we mentioned in one in all my latest write-ups, Okonkwo might be defeated once more by Soludo within the forthcoming November 8 governorship election.

“He won’t get the APC ticket, and even when he defects to any unknown social gathering to contest the election, he’ll obtain the identical therapy that Anambra electorates gave him within the final 2021 governorship election. The rationale for saying this confidently is as a result of Obiora Okonkwo isn’t a politician who makes calculated political strikes, therefore the explanation he has not been capable of win any election in Anambra since he began contesting for election within the State.

“As for him difficult Governor Soludo to a public debate, I’ll advise him to first scale the troublesome hurdle of clinching an APC ticket as their candidate for the 2025 governorship election or as standard defect to an unknown social gathering to clinch their ticket for the aim of contesting the 2025 governorship election in order that he might be certified for a public debate with Governor Soludo.”

The APGA chieftain insisted that as of right now, Okonkwo doesn’t deserve Soludo’s consideration for debate, including that the governor is extra centered on the supply of dividends of excellent governance to the Anambra individuals.

“In all honesty, anyone saying that Soludo isn’t working in Anambra dangers being stoned by Anambra individuals as a result of because it stands right now, what the governor is doing within the State is being recommended by individuals of the State.

“The likes of Obiora Okonkwo and his opposition politicians cohorts which are saying that the governor isn’t working are portraying themselves as pathological liars earlier than most of the people.

“Even the insecurity downside that they had been politicising and utilizing to blackmail the governor is being tackled. The launch of ‘Operation Udo Ga-achi’ has yielded fruitful outcomes and has solved the Anambra insecurity downside.

“Soludo has really justified the arrogance reposed in him by Anambra electorates and re-electing him for a second time period in workplace will function a reward for the great work he’s doing in our State,” the assertion added.