Obiano, Soludo To APC Laughable, Huge Joke – APGA

BY ONYEKACHUKWU IBEZIM, AWKA – The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) says speculations around the so-called planned defection of Governor Willie Obiano and Governor-elect of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is laughable and one huge joke on Nigeria’s political space.

National Coordinator of APGA Media Warriors Forum, Chinedu Obigwe, who debunked the claims as an absolute falsehood”, said both men’s undying love for APGA and the people of Anambra State is not and has never been in doubt.

Addressing the media in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Monday, Obigwe specifically dismissed the claims as a figment of the imagination of their bearers, describing it as a joke taken too far.

The Forum Coordinator stated thus; “It’s important to say it boldly that the battle Governor Obiano fought on November 6th was a battle for the survival of APGA as the only Igbo party in Nigeria. He fought that battle with all his heart and God gave him victory.

“There was never a time Governor Obiano promised anybody that if Soludo wins the election; both of them will join APC. Governor Obiano nurtured a good relationship with President Buhari’s administration for the betterment of Ndi Anambra.

“The President respects the fact that Obiano is the leader of APGA and accords him that respect. President Buhari did not lobby him to join APC because he knows very well that Governor Obiano will not accept to abandon APGA; a party that has Igbo interest at heart and defect to APC.”

APGA’s denial comes on the heels of reports shortly after the Saturday, November 6 Anambra governorship election that Governor Obiano and Prof Soludo had promised defecting to the APC as part of an agreement for holding a free and fair poll in the South-East state.

Already, Prof Soludo is battling to cross the first legal hurdle of his electoral victory with the Federal High Court, Abuja, fixing Tuesday, November 30, 2021, to rule on a suit challenging his candidature for the Anambra gubernatorial poll.

The suit seeks to disqualify the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor for allegedly supplying fake information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for his election.