2023: You’re Just Envious, Jealous Of Peter Obi – LP Chairman Fires Soludo

The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has carpeted the Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, over his recent comments on Peter Obi.

Naija News reports that Governor Soludo, in an article titled ‘History beckons and I will not be silent (Part 1)’ on Monday, said Obi cannot and will not win the 2023 presidential election.

Soludo said this after the supporters of the LP presidential candidate criticised him for saying the investments made by Obi for Anambra were worth next to nothing.

Reacting to the development in a statement on Tuesday, Abure said the recent comments made by Soludo on Obi were due to jealousy and envy.

He added that Soludo’s comment was born out of selfishness, self-centeredness, and desperation, adding that the Anambra governor should have taken a more informed position.

Abure also slammed the Anambra governor for saying that Obi cannot win the 2023 Presidential election, stating that Soludo does not control the majority of the people of Anambra state.

He said: “The Governor of Anambra state, you could see that his comment is born out of selfishness. His comment is born out of self-centeredness, it is born out of desperation. It is born out of envy and jealousy.

“I mean for somebody who was CBN governor, who should know the importance of investment which has been acclaimed by other governors to be one of the best that he has done in Anambra state, I mean for such a man to demean such a person, will tell you that he is acting from a selfish point of view.

“Therefore, Soludo does not control the majority of the people of Anambra state. He does not have control over what plays out in Anambra state.

“I want to also say clearly that even Soludo rose on the legacies of Peter Obi. He came to power through the platform of APGA and Peter Obi built the party, consolidated it, and worked for the people of Anambra, which gave confidence to the people to continually vote for APGA.

“And therefore, one can say clearly without any fear of contradiction that Soludo is riding on the legacies of Peter Obi, because if not that Peter Obi built APGA by his performance, by instilling confidence in the people to have confidence in the party, Soludo would not have had the platform on which he would have become governor.”

The LP chairman urged the party’s supporters to ignore Soludo’s position and expressed optimism that the party would win in the 2023 general election.

He added: “Therefore, I see Soludo’s comments as a distraction, and I urge the people of Anambra to treat it with a pinch of salt to discountenance it, disregard it.

“By the time we take our campaign to Anambra, we will test and see who is popular in Anambra. Like Sony Okosun would say, we will know who owns the land.

“So, very soon, we will know who owns the land by the time we take our campaigns to Awka, to Onitsha, to Nnewi. We will know who owns the land and by the grace of God, by next year, we will see who will control and win Anambra state.

“The opinion of Soludo is a minority opinion and should be treated with a pinch of salt. It’s very clear that he’s not speaking the mind of Anambra. It is a minority and myopic point of view, and the people of Anambra, even without consulting them, I can say it clearly that it is not a popular opinion and that’s why I’m saying that.

“And because of his comment, Anambra state will be the state that we will take our campaigns to very soon so that we can test our popularity and test to see who owns the land.

“My candid advice to him is that he should tune down his comments because he would be destroying his future, destroying himself if he continues along these lines.”