ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo says the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi may win the 25 February, 2023, presidential election in the State.
He said: “I wish Peter Obi the best of luck. Let him go and compete as others,” “We (APGA) are also competing in the same race.
“We have our own candidate (Peter Umeadi), who is also son of the soil, coincidentally from Anambra State as well, and he will do his own bit, get his own votes.”
The former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, a political show on Thursday.
Soludo made reference to his piece in November 2022 where he said that Obi might win in Anambra but won’t win the overall presidential election.
He said: “In that piece, I even considered that Peter Obi might win in Anambra State. I did mention that.”
Soludo, however, doubted the chances of Obi to win the overall presidential election scheduled for 25 February, 2023.
Governor Soludo, who is the new national leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), also said he has given Obi all the support a state government can offer to a former Governor like Obi, who was in office between 2006 and 2014.
He said he has been fair to all parties campaigning in the state and has not denied them state facilities to use for rallies.
Recall that Soludo and Obi were at loggerheads over the state of Anambra economy and investments.
The Anambra Governor, Soludo, had said the investments Obi left in government are worth close to nothing.
He said Obi couldn’t win the 2023 presidential election as there are “two persons/parties seriously contesting for president” – Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).