Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has described the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and former Anambra governor, Peter Obi, as his brother, saying their differences are “fundamentally political.”
Under Soludo’s party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Obi governed Anambra State between 2006 and 2014. He joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2014, contesting as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate in 2019 before clinching the LP’s presidential ticket on May 30 in Asaba, Delta State.
Soludo’s remarks came 10 days after his scathing opinion piece on Obi, in which he accused his predecessor of using his presidential bid to play a game he allegedly could not win.
In his remarks, Soludo declared that he would soon meet with Obi to iron out their differences.
The governor also dismissed allegations of $28m bribery accepted by him to run down the LP presidential candidate.
