Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has denied having any meeting with anybody to stop the Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi, from reclaiming his stolen mandate in court.
Soludo’s reaction came as a result of an anonymous report alleging his meeting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) president-elect, Bola Tinubu, at the Imo State Government House, Owerri, on the alleged plot to eliminate Obi in order to stop him from reclaiming his mandate in court.
Speaking on the allegations, Soludo, in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, the state capital yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Christian Aburime, described it as false and nauseating.
Aburime said none of the allegations was true, pointing out that Soludo had been in Anambra State engaging stakeholders for the Saturday, March 11th election.
He urged the general public to disregard the allegations, adding that, “Ndi Anambra should also disregard all the insinuations in the write-up as mere falsehoods.
They should come out massively and vote for APGA this Saturday for the State House of Assembly election in order to sustain the developmental strides of the present administration of Governor Soludo.
According to him, “If certain people could sit somewhere and cook up a story of this nature, it becomes highly reprehensible and certainly deserves to be condemned by every right-thinking person.”
Aburime called Ndi-Anambra, Ndigbo at large, at home and abroad, to disregard the information, noting that it was a plot to cause chaos in the forthcoming state assembly election in the South-East geopolitical zone.
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He also called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, to immediately commence an investigation on the alleged report with a view to fishing out the perpetrators.
Recall that Tinubu was declared the president-elect by INEC, after polling 8,794,726 votes to win the 2023 presidential election, and since the announcement, there have been several criticisms and condemnations trailing his emergence as the winner.
An anonymous writer had alleged that Soludo held a meeting with Tinubu and his son, Seyi, on how to stop Obi by all means possible.
According to the allegation, “As it stands, everyone should hold Soludo responsible if anything happens to Peter Obi. It will be recalled that Soludo showed his potent hatred for Peter Obi when he penned a 32-pages of hatred vilifying Peter Obi and the youths.”
The writer alleged that, “Soludo’s hatred for Peter Obi and everything he stands for is becoming glaring as things unfold.
Yesterday, a helicopter entered Awka by 1:30 am and took Soludo to a secret meeting at Government House, Owerri. The agenda of the meeting is Peter Obi and how to stop him physically, politically and otherwise.”
Continuing, he alleged, “At the meeting at Owerri, Tinubu, who came in company of Seyi, his son, lamented the growing popularity of Peter Obi and solicited the help of Soludo to eliminate him and pass the blame to IPoB and ESN. Soludo was given five million dollars in 100-dollar bills for the hatchet job.
“Soludo promised to eliminate Peter Obi and in the presence of Tinubu called his Security Adviser, AVM Ben Chiobi (retd.) and briefed him on the task at hand.
Soludo returned to Anambra State by 4:40 am in the morning. This plot leaked through a patriotic Imo youth who was present in the meeting.
“Nigerians are by this revelation put on notice of the evil plots of Soludo and his cohorts. The Nigerian Inspector-General of Police should wake up and protect Nigerians. Nothing should happen to Peter Obi,” the statement added.
