National vice chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in the Southeast, Innocent Sunday Okeke, has expressed dismay over the comment made by Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, saying the governor has started somersaulting from his pinnacle of dignity and respect.
In a statement made available to journalists in Enugu yesterday, Okeke said the governor was falling short of the expectations of the people who looked up to him to be a shining example of the new Igbo leader.
He said to be an outstanding leader, one must first learn to subdue “your parochial attachment to your interests, embrace selfless representations and overall defender of the general views.
“In this case, Soludo, an astute professor of high repute allowed his narrow-minded nature to betray him.”
He insisted that the incontrovertible fact remained that Obi saved for the future of his state (Anambra) N75 billion, $50 million in each of the three existing commercial banks of today, and 3.5b in the International Brewery.
“He handed over this investment to a new manager (governor), who has never denied knowledge of the investments. Whether the manager (governor) took good care of the investment is another day’s discussion. And the former handed over to Soludo, now Soludo casting aspersions on Mr. Obi after nine years he left office with verifiable savings and investment is uncalled for and condemnable by the entire Igbo race and Nigeria at large.
“The international brewery as we know it today employing 10,000 Anambrarians is not a bad investment and the depreciation of stocks is a Nigerian issue that have affected every company’s stock
“Soludo should have employed the wisdom of silence even if he so much hated Mr. Obi, but for the sake of the Nigerian project stand with the mass of the people. We still love Soludo and wish him the best in office as Anambra State governor but he must retrace his steps.
“Nigerians are wiser today than before, it is more reasonable to be on the side of the people to get things done,” he stated.
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