The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi
has reacted to the recent attack against him by the incumbent Governor of
Anambra State, Charles Soludo.
Recall that Soludo had on Monday, tackled Obi who happens to
be his predecessor, saying he lacks the capacity to win the February
presidential poll.
The development had generated backlash from supporters of
the LP candidate who believe Soludo’s outburst was unnecessary.
Reacting, Obi, who spoke on Tuesday at the 2022 Lagos
Business School (LBS) Alumni Conference in Lagos, said Soludo remains his
brother.
According to Obi, “Soludo remains my brother, we are very
close. I remain prayerful for him. For other things which I didn’t succeed, God
has given him opportunity to do it and succeed.
“So, if there is anything pending, governance doesn’t
finish, people are still in government in America, so you stop where you will
stop, other people will continue from there.
“He is the governor of the state; he is my senior brother,
he is even more intelligent than me because he is a professor, I am a trader,
so he knows more and will be able to do things better than I am doing it.
“I have done my little own as a trader, now the professor is
there he will do his own as a professor, the schools I didn’t roof he will roof
them, that’s how government goes.”
Reacting to Soludo’s earlier comment that Obi’s investment
on the state was next to nothing, the Labour Party candidate said, there are
still proofs of his investment while serving as the state governor.
Making clarifications on the investment, Obi said, “The one
they said is worthless, we invested 3.5 billion naira in International
Breweries. That facility is there employing directly and indirectly over 10,000
Anambarians. The shares was at a time being sold at N50, today the shares is
about N5 or so.
“When you spread your investment some will go up some will
come down but overall the company is still there, the company is still doing
well, it is still part of the global chain and everything. I needed to explain
it not because I am defending comments by my brother.”
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