2027: Why Soludo Is Not Supporting Peter Obi — Commissioner

The Anambra State Commissioner for Works, Chief Okey Ezeobi, has explained why Governor Chukwuma Soludo is not supporting the presidential ambition of the candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi, in the coming 2027 general election.

Ezeobi said Soludo’s decision was born of a carefully studied political reality that convinced the governor that Obi lacks the capacity to win the presidential election.

He spoke during a summit of the women’s wing of Anambra Patriots, an All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) campaign group, on Sunday in Awka.

According to him, Soludo and APGA are supporting the re-election of President Bola Tinubu because it is obvious that the latter will win the presidential election.

“The political reality on the ground is clear that there is nothing that can stop President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election,” Ezeobi said.

“President Tinubu’s administration has done so well in the South East, and Anambra State has benefitted so much from the administration. This is why our party, APGA, decided not to field a presidential candidate and instead adopted President Bola Tinubu as the party’s candidate in the 2027 general election. And this is also the position of the national leader of our party, Mr Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo,” he stated further.

He particularly emphasised that Soludo does not hate or insult the former Anambra State governor and NDC presidential candidate, Peter Obi, saying that what Soludo has with Peter Obi is simply a political disagreement.

“In 2023, Anambra State did not vote massively for Tinubu, but he still won. We don’t want to waste our votes in 2027 because Tinubu will still win that election. So, this is why we have to be wise not to waste our votes again this time. We have to vote massively for Tinubu,” Ezeobi stated further.

Also, speaking separately on the sidelines, the Chairman of Anambra Patriots, Chief Damian Ejiamatu Enekwechi, and the Acting Woman Leader of APGA in Anambra State, Hon. Joy Chinyere Orah, said they have decided to campaign for Tinubu’s re-election because Soludo has endorsed him for re-election.

They explained that no loyal member disobeys his leader, adding, however, that they were convinced that Tinubu’s administration has given massive support to Governor Soludo’s administration.

Enekwechi pointed to the reconstruction of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, the rehabilitation of the First Niger Bridge, and the flyover bridge being constructed at Nkwelle-Ezunaka along the Expressway as some of the milestone achievements of the Tinubu administration in the state.

Orah said APGA women in the grassroots across the state will be mobilised to vote for Tinubu’s re-election.