Supporters of the presidential candidate of the Labour Celebration, LP, in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, beneath the platform of the Obidient Motion, in Anambra State, have clarified the latest endorsement of the flagbearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the state, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
Members of the motion in Anambra State, led by Ikenna Azomchine, the ‘Obidient Normal’, not too long ago endorsed Soludo for a second time period, dumping the candidate of the Labour Celebration in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election, Dr George Moghalu.
The endorsement was nonetheless 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 riot towards the Motion, however an admission of Soludo’s efficiency, which he mentioned is much like the great governance which Peter Obi stands for.
In a press release he signed on Wednesday, Azomchine, who described himself as The Obidient Normal Worldwide, mentioned: “Let or not it’s clear, the endorsement of Professor Chukwuma Soludo by the Obidient Normal and nearly all of Anambra Obidients is neither fraudulent nor deceptive. It’s a aware, worth-pushed, and legit choice anchored on competence, integrity, and visual efficiency.
“The endorsement of Soludo was a worth-primarily based act, not a political commerce-off. The Obidient Motion shouldn’t be a celebration platform. It’s a residents’ motion of conscience. The endorsement of Soludo was the collective will of over 80% of Anambra-primarily based Obidients, following open consultations and efficiency assessments.
“The Obidient Normal (Azomchine) acted inside his acknowledged and legit authority as a key nationwide stakeholder of the Motion.
“The Obidient Motion was by no means created to advertise blind occasion loyalty or character cults. It was created to lift the bar of governance in Nigeria. Our help for Peter Obi was primarily based on advantage, not occasion uniform.
“The identical precept now guides our help for Professor Soludo, whose governance in Anambra displays imaginative and prescient, construction, and outcomes.
“We’ve got seen the roads being constructed, the colleges revived, the hospitals upgraded, and the state stabilized beneath Soludo’s management. To interrupt that progress in the identify of partisan solidarity can be an insult to purpose and progress.”
Talking additional, Azomchine berated Tanko for claiming to be the chief of Obidient Motion in Nigeria. He additionally insisted that the Motion shouldn’t be affiliated to simply Labour Celebration because it has folks from different events who additionally imagine in the management of Mr Peter Obi, and as such can’t be tied to any occasion or obligated to help 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 will not be obligated to undertake him.
“Dr. Tanko’s launch shouldn’t be solely unauthorized but additionally a blatant misrepresentation of the philosophy and decentralized construction of the Obidient Motion. This response, subsequently, goals to set the document 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 stage that endorsed George Moghalu or some other gubernatorial candidate in Anambra State. What occurred was a Labour Celebration affair, in which members of the LP who additionally determine as Obidients expressed loyalty to their occasion candidate. That, nonetheless, can’t be mistaken for a Motion-vast endorsement.”
