By Our correspondent
A faction of the Ikemba Front, a support group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State, has come under fire for criticizing Minister of Works, Engineer Dave Umahi, over his endorsement of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s reelection bid.
Kamen Chuks Ogbonna, leader of the late Ifeanyi Ubah Media and political family, berated the faction, saying, “I saw a press statement this morning from a faction of Ikemba front calling on Mr President to call the Hon Minister for works, Mr Dave Umahi to order and I ask them, should the C-in-C also call himself to order too or are they too blind to understand the handwriting on the wall?”
Ogbonna emphasized that politics of development should be the endgame, rather than political party affiliation or selfish interests.
He also highlighted Governor Soludo’s achievements, allocating over 70% of the state’s budget to capital projects without borrowing.
The Ikemba Front Factional National Coordinator, Sir Arinzechukwu Awogu, had earlier accused Umahi of engaging in anti-party activity, speaking from a point of “monumental ignorance” about APC’s recent gains in Anambra State.
Awogu challenged Umahi to disclose Soludo’s election results as a sitting governor and emphasized Umahi’s failure to deliver President Tinubu in his state during the presidential election.
The APC has seven aspirants vying for its guber ticket in the April 5 primary election, including Sir Paul Chukwuma, Prof Obiora Okonkwo, and Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu.
The Ikemba Front has urged President Tinubu to reprimand Umahi for indulging in anti-party activity, insisting that APC would thoroughly defeat Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA) in the upcoming Anambra State governorship election.
