From David Onwuchekwa, Nnewi
The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo has described as unfounded and baseless the claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) would die a natural death in the next two years.
The Governor said this through his Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime who spoke to reporters yesterday at his office.
Mr Aburime insisted that no such thing would ever happen in 2025.
He declared that Anambra State remained APGA land and would forever remain so, saying that the people had come to accept the APGA as their own political movement and there was absolutely nothing the APC or other opposition parties could do about it.
Aburime said that Anambra could not be Imo State and that the APC-led federal government with Senator Bola Tinubu as President, a known democrat and lover of democracy would not like to interfere with elections in other States.
He noted that the Anambra APC members equally knew fully well that APC did not exist in Anambra and would never exist in Anambra State with the knowledge that this is an APGA State.
On the comparison between Anambra and Ebonyi State, the Governor’s Aide maintained that there was no basis for the comparison, adding that even the opposition elements could see what Governor Soludo has been able to achieve in less than two years in office.
“We continue to hear what Basil Ejidike, the State Chairman of the APC in Anambra has been saying. It’s like he is not part of the people living in Anambra State. He keeps saying that Soludo has done nothing; maybe he must have been going around blindfolded.
“There are roads for him to see. There are other infrastructures for him to see. There are so many things Soludo is doing and every normal human being sees them. We are surprised that Basil Ejidike doesn’t see those things on ground the Governor has achieved.
“There is no basis for comparing Ebonyi and Anambra because Ebonyi has been a State that was under a Governor for eight years. Soludo is just two years in office and look at what he has done so far. He can even match up to other States where a Governor has been there for eight years.
“In less than two years, Soludo has turned the entire State into a construction site and it is only a blind man that will say he does not see what Soludo is doing in Anambra State. But our consolation lies in the fact that Ndi-Anambra are happy with what Soludo is doing and they are ready to support him.
“Let me tell Basil Ejidike that Anambra is APGA land and Ndi-Anambra will forever support APGA because APGA is naturally our party, ”he said.
The Governor’s PS added that they were used to perennial and serial contestants like those the APC State chairman mentioned in his claims but, according to him, Soludo was far ahead of such characters, adding that when the die was cast, that Soludo’s works would speak for him.
Aburime assured that APGA was not shaking one bit as it was fully on ground in Anambra State. He insisted that the APC was not on ground, accusing the APC of going about bribing journalists to publish bad reports about the State.
“We know them. Those who have been here have seen what Soludo has done so far and they are proud of him. Soludo is not a politician but a statesman. So you can’t compare politicians with no ideology to Soludo who is a statesman and has his own philosophy and ideology he is pursuing.
“Soludo is the only Governor that has shown so much empathy and compassion for the downtrodden. Soludo’s government is a government of the poor and the downtrodden. His free education policies, free antenatal and delivery services and gifts for nursing mothers are incomparable.
“Soludo is a Governor for the poor and that is why Ndi-Anambra are happy with him. Let me make it categorically clear that power belongs to the people and the people are with Soludo.
“APC does not exist in Anambra State. They are just noisemakers in the media. Anambra APC is blind to Soludo’s achievements. They are just being mischievous unnecessarily,” Aburime concluded.