2023 Elections: Soludo Speaks On Alleged Conspiracy With Tinubu Against Peter Obi

2023 Elections: Soludo Speaks On Alleged Conspiracy With Tinubu Against Peter Obi

Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo has denied being hired to “assassinate” Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi.

Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the winner of the presidential election on February 25 by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Mr Obi, who finished third in the election, rejected the results and vowed to sue.

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Shortly after, a social media report claimed that Mr Soludo met with Mr Tinubu, the president-elect, and his son, Seyi, at the Imo State Government Owerri, where they struck a deal with the Anambra State governor to prevent Mr Obi from reclaiming his mandate through the courts and to “assassinate” the LP candidate.

According to the report, the governor was paid $5 million to “assassinate” the LP candidate and blame it on the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, a group leading the agitation for an independent Biafra state carved out of the South-east and some parts of the South-south.

But reacting through his spokesperson, Christian Aburime on Monday, Mr Soludo described the speculations as “infantile, nauseating, mischievous and unnecessarily inflammatory.”

According to him, as governor of Anambra, he is the father of the people of the state and will not “plot or collude to harm any lawful citizen of the state including Mr Peter Obi,” whom he described as “a brother and friend” despite their different political affiliations.

The governor stated the allegation was part of a plot to disrupt the upcoming state assembly elections in the South-east.

He denied all of the allegations and stated that he was in the state preparing for the March 11 elections.

“If certain people could sit somewhere and cook up a story of this nature, it becomes highly reprehensible and certainly deserved to be condemned by every right-thinking person,” Mr Soludo said.

“Ndi Anambra should also disregard all the insinuations in the write-up as mere falsehoods. They should come out massively and vote APGA (candidates) this Saturday for the State House of Assembly election,” he added.

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