Senator representing Anambra South in the Nigerian Senate, Ifeanyi Ubah has hit back at Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo for using what he described as his “attack dog” in running a smear campaign against his person and equally insulting his Nnewi constituents.
Recall that Chinedu Obigwe, founder of APGA media warriors,had recently, reacting to a write up where Senator Ifeanyi Ubah boosted it was the turn of ndi Nnewi to govern Anambra State addressed the Senator in a condescending manner.
Speaking through his media aide ,Chuks Kamen, Senator Ubah describes Soludo’s leadership in the State as lackluster and noted that Anambrarians have started discussions on Soludo’s replacement just 2 years in to his administration.
In a statement released by Chuks kamen,He wrote:
“My attention has been drawn to the above-captioned tirade from a notorious media attack dog on the payroll of Professor Chukwuma Soludo’s government, by the name Chinedu Obigwe, alias Akpaekpuchionwa, whose penchant for running smear campaigns on eminent personalities and stakeholders in the state, on the orders of the State Governor is well-known and well documented on this media space.
“It is worthy to note that this unprovoked state government-sponsored media attack on the distinguished senator of the Federal Republic as well as the entire members of his community, Nnewi, is purportedly in response to a little-known blog’s news item that neither emanated from the Senator nor from his media office.
“It is also worth noting at this juncture that this is the third state-sponsored media attack on prominent citizens of Anambra in the last few weeks, the first being the media attack on Chief Obiora Okonkwo, the CEO of United Nigeria Airlines.
“This was closely followed by another series of state-sponsored social media attacks on the Chief Executive Officer of G.U.O Transport, Chief Dr. (Sir) Godwin Ubaka Okeke, MON, whose only sin was his demand that his company driver who was thoroughly beaten and dehumanised by state government thugs be given fair treatment and compensated.
“One may ask, why request prayers for Governor Soludo?
“It has become a thing of great concern to every reasonable Anambrarian that our dear Professor and one term Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cannot point to one completed road project almost two years into his tenure and neither has he made any tangible attempt to curb the growing disenchantment with his governance style by introducing any groundbreaking reform(s) nor has he made any concrete effort aimed at changing the existential quagmire that Anambra represents which renders the popular question by a former Governor of the State, Mr Peter Obi, still relevant and unanswered till date.
“Is Anambra cursed, or are we the cause?
“Secondly, Professor Soludo is a governor who came into office riding on the back of huge expectations from Ndi Anambra and Nigerians in general but the question is, has that transformed into any tangible results and which one of his electoral promises has he fulfilled almost two years into his tenure including the promise of conducting local government elections within six months of swearing in.
“Of course, the answer is NON.
:Is this a case of “onye agholili, ka agbalu”? (A deliberate hoodwink on Ndi Anambra.)
“Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo must have realised that he currently holds the record of being the first democratically elected Governor of Anambra whose would-be successor is already being actively discussed in almost every gathering in Anambra less than two years into his tenure which is the clearest exhibition that the people are already in search of a replacement having realised their error so soon in the day.
“But is this reason enough for the state government to prefer running smear campaigns on the towering personality of the Distinguished Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Ubah, CON, when he can easily opt to adapt his widely acclaimed security solution in Nnewi, apply it to the entire state and take the accolades.
“It is probably when the efficacy of the solicited prayers start working that it will finally dawn on the Erudite Professor (who believes he knows it all) that retaining and paying for the services of media attack dogs with government funds is a pure case of the Professor fiddling while his Rome burns.
“Please spare a moment of prayer for Professor Chukwuma Soludo, the former one-term governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria”.
© Kamen Chuks Ogbonna, Awka, Anambra State.
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