Governor Soludo Denies Attacking Peter Obi, Umeh

Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has denied attacking the former Governor of the state and Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.

Soludo also denied attacking the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and senatorial candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Chief Victor Umeh.

Reports published by credible media organisations on Sunday had quoted Soludo as mocking members of APGA, who recently dumped the party for LP.

In the reports, Soludo, who was addressing members of APGA, had said that those who left the party for Labour Party will labour in vain.

He also said that it was unthinkable for a party that does not have an elected councillor to believe it would win a presidential election.

There had been a new wave of defection from APGA to LP since Obi joined the party. News reports had however attributed Soludo’s comments as being targeted at Obi and Umeh, both of who were also former APGA members.

But Soludo in a press release by his press secretary, Mr Christian Aburime said the statement credited to his principal is totally false and unfounded.

Aburime said: “Our checks reveal the statement was a total misrepresentation by an overzealous reporter who was not among the journalists present when Governor Soludo spoke extempore during his interaction with some audience after his 100 days in office media broadcast.”

He described the attribution as an attempt by some misguided elements to cause disaffection between the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and his party leadership.

He urged the public to disregard the entire statement as it never emanated from Governor Soludo.