BREAKING: Peter Obi’s supporters in Anambra declare support for Soludo’s re-election 

By Ifeizu Joe

Despite perceived political differences between former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of Labour Party in 2023, Mr Peter Obi with incumbent governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, supporter of the former have endorsed Soludo for a second term in office.

Prominent supporter of Mr Peter Obi, and leader of Obidient Movement (a political pressure group supporting Peter Obi), Hon Ikenna Azomchine who is also known as Obidient General disclosed the support of the group to Prof Soludo, during a press conference on Monday in Awka.

Azomchine said the Obidient Movement has taken time to assess the government of Prof Soludo and have concluded that he meets all the criteria considered as part of good governance by the movement and so members of the group in Anambra have decided to support him.

He said: “We are disciples of good governance, and we have made the decision to support Prof. Chukwuma Soludo for a second term. We made this decisions obediently, considering the qualities that we hold as ‘Obidients’.

“The qualities are integrity, performance, credibility and others who we have always stood for as Obidients and the kind of leaders we need. We have no recourse to anyone who thinks we may have been bribed or offered money. As I speak today, we have not as little as met Soludo, and I can say it openly that these Obidients you see here are the core Obidients in Anambra.

“We are doing this knowing that those contesting this election will not be able to defeat Soludo. Obidients are known for being firm, honest and just, and we hereby endorse Prof Soludo.”

He said he and other supporters of Peter Obi arrived at the conclusion of supporting Soludo after taking stock of members of the movement in Anambra and realizing that there are more Obidients APGA in Anambra than there are in Labour Party.

He said: “We are not in dispute with anybody that the APGA Obidient are more in number than the LP Obidients. I did my personal assessment with my own self. I have cousins and relatives who are member of APGA and they all voted during the presidential election for Peter Obi.

“While we were taking this decision, we decided to be fair to the APGA Obidients because despite being members of APGA, they voted Peter Obi during the 2023 presidential election. So it is time for us to support them. We are going to support Prof Chukwuma Soludo for a second term in office. We are doing that today with the support of all of us.”

Speaking on how they can pull out of APGA after the Anambra election to give support to Peter Obi in 2027, Azomchine said that was not a problem as they were not going to become APGA members, but joining APGA members to re-elect Soludo who he said was performing well.

Azomchine later led members of the movement to a rally organized by APGA members in Awka South at Amawbia to openly declare support for Soludo. He donated two vehicles to aid the campaign of the governor.