Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Celebration, LP, within the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, beneath the platform of the Obidient Motion, in Anambra State, have clarified the current endorsement of the flagbearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, within the state, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
Members of the motion in Anambra State, led by Ikenna Azomchine, the ‘Obidient Basic’, not too long ago endorsed Soludo for a second time period, dumping the candidate of the Labour Celebration within the forthcoming Anambra governorship election, Dr George Moghalu.
The endorsement was nevertheless dismissed by Nationwide Coordinator of the Obidient Motion, Dr. Yunusa Tanko.
Reacting to the event, Azomchine insisted that the endorsement of Soludo was not an act of insurrection towards the Motion, however an admission of Soludo’s efficiency, which he stated is just like the great governance which Peter Obi stands for.
In a press release he signed on Wednesday, Azomchine, who described himself as The Obidient Basic Worldwide, stated: “Let it’s clear, the endorsement of Professor Chukwuma Soludo by the Obidient Basic and the vast majority of Anambra Obidients is neither fraudulent nor deceptive. It’s a acutely aware, value-driven, and bonafide choice anchored on competence, integrity, and visual efficiency.
“The endorsement of Soludo was a value-based act, not a political trade-off. The Obidient Motion will not be a celebration platform. It’s a residents’ motion of conscience. The endorsement of Soludo was the collective will of over 80% of Anambra-based Obidients, following open consultations and efficiency assessments.
“The Obidient Basic (Azomchine) acted inside his acknowledged and bonafide authority as a key nationwide stakeholder of the Motion.
“The Obidient Motion was by no means created to advertise blind celebration loyalty or persona cults. It was created to boost the bar of governance in Nigeria. Our assist for Peter Obi was based mostly on benefit, not celebration uniform.
“The identical precept now guides our assist for Professor Soludo, whose governance in Anambra displays imaginative and prescient, construction, and outcomes.
“We’ve seen the roads being constructed, the faculties revived, the hospitals upgraded, and the state stabilized beneath Soludo’s management. To interrupt that progress within the identify of partisan solidarity can be an insult to cause and progress.”
Talking additional, Azomchine berated Tanko for claiming to be the chief of Obidient Motion in Nigeria. He additionally insisted that the Motion will not be affiliated to simply Labour Celebration because it has folks from different events who additionally imagine within the management of Mr Peter Obi, and as such can’t be tied to any celebration or obligated to assist the candidate of a celebration.
He added that there was no official endorsement of the Labour Celebration governorship candidate in Anambra State, Dr George Moghalu, and as such, members of the Obidient Motion in Anambra State usually are not obligated to undertake him.
“Dr. Tanko’s launch will not be solely unauthorized but in addition a blatant misrepresentation of the philosophy and decentralized construction of the Obidient Motion. This response, due to this fact, goals to set the file straight and name out the inconsistencies, contradictions, and partisanship embedded in his claims.
“There was no official or collective assembly of the Obidient Motion at any degree that endorsed George Moghalu or some other gubernatorial candidate in Anambra State. What occurred was a Labour Celebration affair, by which members of the LP who additionally establish as Obidients expressed loyalty to their celebration candidate. That, nevertheless, can’t be mistaken for a Motion-wide endorsement.”
