By Olakunle Olafioye
A political analyst, John Obuchi has blasted the National Coordinator, All Progressives Grand Alliance Media Warriors’ Forum, Mr Chinedu Obigwe, for his recent media attacks against a popular Nigerian prophet, Primate Elijah Ayodele, over his prophecies regarding Anambra 2025 governorship election.
Primate Ayodele had revealed that a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah could unseat Governor Charles Soludo if care was not taken, and warned Soludo to be wary of mistakes capable of rubbing off on the popularity of his government.
In a reaction, Obigwe, in two different publications, criticised the prophet, describing him as a “cash and carry” man of God. He alleged that Primate Ayodele was acting as Ubah’s campaign manager.
Weighing in, a political analyst, John Obuchi, described Obigwe as a hungry man who was blinded by hunger, labeling him a political fellow willing to sell himself cheaply for peanuts and for irrelevant political appointment.
“It is not always difficult to identify a political dog when you see one but it is very unfortunate when you see intelligent persons selling themselves out unnecessarily because of peanuts or at most, docile political appointments.
“Chinedu Obigwe, who claims to be a national coordinator but he is not known beyond Anambra, has shown with his recent attacks on Primate Ayodele that the current economic hardship has eaten deep into his sense of reasoning and has affected his sight. He doesn’t see beyond stomach infrastructure. He has proven to be a perfect definition of what we call ‘ebe ọ bụla belle (chere) ihu.’’’
Obuchi recalled how Andy Uba’s media team tackled Primate Ayodele for saying their principal would not become governor of Anambra State four years ago, explaining that Soludo’s team is also following the same route that led to the failure of Andy Uba.
“I know for sure that his attacks are not alien to Primate Ayodele’s ministry; the man of God received more than these during the last Anambra governorship election from Andy Uba’s media team. They insulted Primate Ayodele for saying their principal’s ambition would be a waste instead of listening to instructions and at the end of the day, Primate Ayodele laughed the last because they failed woefully.
“Just like Andy Uba’s media team, Chinedu Obigwe is setting Charles Soludo up for failure at the 2025 governorship election. Primate Ayodele has only shared a prophetic warning that still has remedy; 2025 is still almost one year from now and the needful can still be done, but sponsoring materials in the media against Primate Ayodele is just adding more petrol to the fire. Obigwe ought to know that ‘A na-agwa ntị ma ntị o nụghị, e gburu isi, ntị esoro ya.’ When Charles Soludo loses, he will automatically become jobless.’’
He warned Charles Soludo to do the needful just as Primate Ayodele had warned in order to avoid failure while asking the governor to be careful of Obigwe’s antics to lead him to failure.