Tony Okafor, Awka
The Coalition of South-East Youth Leaders( COSEYL), has condemned the alleged removal of the campaign billboards of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party(LP), Mr Peter Obi and the Anambra Central LP Senatorial Candidate, Senator Victor Umehby the state
The group said it had waited for days hoping that the governor would reverse his decision, which it said was great dishonour to the Ndigbo.
The South-East youths in a statement on Thursday said, “We give Governor Soludo 48 hours to replace those billboards of Mr. Peter Obi and Senator Victor Umeh which he illegal removed or face the wrath of the youths
The Anambra State was accused by the Labour Party of pulling down the billboards of its candidates across the state.
The group statement read in part, “We have waited for some days hoping that Governor Soludo will come back to his senses and correct himself of such great dishonour against Ndigbo but he has not corrected himself.
“The illegal action by Governor Charles Soludo to remove campaign billboards of these noble candidates because they are not in his political party is unconstitutional and undemocratic to say the least.
“We are aware that why Governor Soludo is after Mr Peter Obi and Senator Victor Umeh is because these two personalities represent integrity, sincerity and transparency which is in variant to what Soludo believes in.
“The actions of Governor Soludo clearly shows that he ventured into politics because of his selfish desire to corruptly enrich himself from taxes paid by Anambra people which is why he is disturbed anytime he sees the billboards of these men of integrity and transparency.
“We give Governor Soludo 48 hours to replace those billboards of Mr. Peter Obi and Senator Victor Umeh which he illegal removed or face the wrath of the youths.
“It is quite unfortunate that only the democracy dividends of Governor Soludo is to insult the sensibility of Ndigbo and what Ndigbo stands for. He is also at the opposing side of Igbos integrity and always does directly opposite of what he says.
“Mr Peter Obi and Senator Victor Umeh represent light and no antics of anti-democratic forces like Governor Soludo will stop that light from shinning for the good of all Nigerians.
“We warn Governor Soludo to remove the hand of the monkey from soup before it turns to the hand of a human being. Enough said.”
