Politics
Peter Obi, Charles Soludo finally reconciles
There are indications that the Labour party presidential candidate, Peter Obi and the Anambra state governor, Charles Soludo, have settled their differences, as they were seen hugging each other and laughing at a thanksgiving ceremony, days after the Anambra state Governor criticized Obi over his 2023 presidential ambition.
Recall that, Mr. Soludo while appearing as a guest on Channels TV’s Politics Today, criticized Obi by saying, the value of investments made by the Labour party flag-bearer Mr. Obi while he was the governor of the state was “worth next to nothing”.
He further stated that Obi was only making the 2023 presidential election an easy win for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Responding to the criticism, Obi said although investments are bound to go up and down, a company where he made some of the investments as governor was still in business and has provided job opportunities to several residents of the state.
“The one (investment) they (Soludo) said is worthless, is that we invested N3.5 billion in International Breweries… That facility is there, employing directly and indirectly over 10,000 Anambarians. The shares were at a time being sold at N50. Today the shares are about N5 or so. Maybe, that was what was referred to (by Soludo). But that was less than five percent of what I left,” he said.
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However, The two politicians met at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Awka during the Thanksgiving mass for Most Rev. Paulinus C. Ezeokafor in celebration of his 70th birthday today, November 24.
According to eyewitnesses, just before the mass started, Governor Soludo stepped out from his pew and walked over to where the former governor was seated to greet him.
Recall that last week, Gov Soludo released a statement rubbishing the presidential ambition of Obi. His comments received mixed reactions from Nigerians.