Soludo embraces Obi, says rift political

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and the governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Thursday, met at Awka, the Anambra State capital.

The two guys met at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church at some point of the thanksgiving mass for Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor in celebration of his seventieth birthday and have been seen embracing every different whilst replacing pleasantries.

When Soludo got into the church, he fast went to wherein Obi become sitting and hugged him, at the same time as humans watched with surprise.

Soludo, who defined the rift among him and Obi as mischievous, insisted that the previous Anambra governor remained his brother, irrespective of their political differences.

The governor had in an article titled, ‘History beckons and I will not be silent,’ brushed off the chances of the Labour Party candidate in the 2023 presidential poll.

The article generated reactions throughout the u . S . A . And specially from Obi supporters, who heavily criticised the governor.

However, Soludo, speakme at some stage in the thanksgiving mass, said he would soon be assembly Obi to iron out their differences, including that their rift become basically political.

He also dismissed the rumour of $28m he allegedly collected to run down the LP presidential candidate, saying he would have been a trillionaire if he was into such.

He said, “When I came in, I quickly went to where he sat and hugged him; people watched with bewilderment as if it was a drama, asking is it not the same people quarrelling?

“Let me tell you, we spoke two times just last night. We are brothers. You know I am not one of those politicians that speak from two sides of the mouth. I can’t pretend.

“There is no rift between Obi and me at a personal level. Nobody snatched each other’s wife. What appears to be the rift between us is fundamental political differences. Nothing else.

“So for those forging blackmail and all that, including the one they said I collected bribe to say what I said, I ask them to bring it so I use it to construct roads. If Soludo is into bribery, I would have been a multi-trillionaire.”

While thanking God for the life of Ezeokafor, the governor pointed out that the cleric had been of great influence on him and his government.

Obi did not speak during the thanksgiving service as he left before the end of the programme.