By Our Reporter
One of the major stakeholders in Anambra state, Chief Obi Okoli,(Onwa- Nawfija), has defended the state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo over reports making the rounds on social media, claiming that the Governor’s statement at the weekend was targeted at the former Governor, Mr Peter Obi
He declared that Soludo never attacked Obi when he spoke at the rally, adding that some people always try hard to knock the heads of two brothers together because of selfish politics
Soludo, during the endorsement rally, organized by the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA in the South senatorial zone at Ekwulobia, described his governorship opponents as “orchins”
He told them that anyone campaigning with the mantra of ‘one term’ in office should go for medical examination at the “psychiatric hospital”, adding that such arrangement had never worked in politics before
However, speaking with reporters in Awka Monday, one of the Igbo leaders and elder statesman in the zone, Chief Obi Okoli ( Onwa- Nawfija), said Soludo was not referring to Mr Peter Obi, as being speculated
“The kind of dirty politics our people play nowadays is very unfortunate. How can they bring Obi in to the equation of what Soludo said at the rally?
“He never referred to the former Presidential candidate of the Labour party, LP, Mr Peter Obi in any way. These two brothers have been friends for a long time, why are some people making it as if they are enemies because of selfish politics?
“Please, I’m calling on our people to play politics with caution. Let them not do it as if they are fighting a war. Peter Obi and Soludo are our sons, likewise the other governorship contestants. There is need to play politics with decorum” Onwa Nawfija said
He maintained that the Governor harped so much on maintaining the zoning arrangement of governorship seat in Anambra, adding that after the tenure of the South senatorial zone, it would be shifted to the Central and then, North before returning to the South again
Okoli, celebrates his birthdays together every July with Soludo ,alongside other prominent citizens of the state like Mr Peter Obi
