My attention has been drawn to some of the tirades on social media following my frank response during an interview on Channels TV regarding the “investments” Mr. Peter Obi claimed to have made with Anambra state revenues.
At the outset, let me state that this exhibition of desperation, intolerance and attempt to bully everyone who expresses the slightest of dissent is reprehensible. This is Hitler in the making. When the revered Arch Bishop Chukwuma stated that in Enugu State, they were not obedient, he was ferociously bullied on social media. Any dissent is tagged a saboteur or, in my case, it could be that I want to contest for president after office or that I am envious of Peter Obi.
We 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.
When will Ndigbo understand and learn politics, especially of Nigeria? When Bola Ahmed Tinubu defied the political wind of the time and stood out as the “only man standing” in AD and later AC against a sitting president of Yoruba descent, no one accused him of being “anti-Yoruba”. Indeed, everyone recalls that both Tinubu and President Obasanjo disagreed politically, and probably still disagree—but none is being accused of being “anti- Yoruba”.
Where do we go from here? I listened to my friend Gov El-Rufai on TV explaining why the northern governors decided that power should shift to the South. According to him, they asked themselves what would their founding fathers—Ahmadu Bello, Tafawa Balewa or Aminu Kano have done in the circumstance. Today, I ask my people, Ndigbo: do we ask what Azikiwe or M.I.
The current fleeting frenzy, if not checked, will cost Ndigbo dearly for years. The South East has the lowest number of votes of any region, but it is also the only region where the presidential race might be a 4-way race thereby ensuring that our votes won’t count in the making of the next president of Nigeria. Afterwards, we would start complaining that we don’t get “what we deserve” or cry of marginalization.
God created Lucifer,he did not support God and became Satan- it did not stop HEAVEN! so Soludos statement is being given undue attention and a distraction, not all OBIDIENT come out in the open,there were secret disciples.
I have read through Soludos “rebuttal” and it taught me that a human being can write very eloquently and still succeed in being a dunce. SMH… Too much previously buried bitterness and envy burbled up to the surface with each sentence in that “rebuttal”. Shameful.
CCSoludo will die of envy. APGA came to light in Anambra through PeterObi . Soludo is jealous of Obi because he lost an election to Obi under OfficialPDPNig in 2009 while Obi won under APGA which Soludo now joined in 2021 to win as Governor of Anambra state
Bad taste
The man is just envious of P.O’s stride in mainstream politics.. Let him rest.. We won’t forget this in the next anambra gubernatorial election. We’re patiently waiting for it.
This is very deep and bitter truth. Well done your Excellency, Governor before Governor.
Can you imagine the governor of adamawa state telling atiku that he can't win? Ndi igbo ndo nu.
Obi is NOT your immediate predecessor Biko!! Why leave Gov.Obiano & keeps attacking PeterObi
Excellent response from an intelligent mind.
Your silence would have been a better response CCSoludo . Like Michelle Obama said, ‘when they go low, we must go high’
Mr CCSoludo, you ignored the issue at hand and came ranting on your own. Being smart does not mean being emotionally intelligent. For example, why include that the Elder Statemam said that Peter Obi is not going anywhere? But you also want us to assume you are not jealous?.smh
Another fabricated report