The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has dismissed claims of tension in Anambra State ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s scheduled visit on May 8.
In response to media reports suggesting a brewing conflict between APGA and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, the party described such allegations as false and misleading.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the National Coordinator of the APGA Media Warriors Forum, Chinedu Obigwe, described the reports as “baseless and part of a calculated attempt to create unnecessary panic”.
Obigwe attributed the rumours to political mischief-makers, alleging that the publication was the work of a writer allegedly paid to stir up controversy.
“It is the handiwork of ‘pay as you go writer’ who is only doing his best to justify the millions of naira he collected from the camp of the APC,” he said.
Reassuring the public, he declared, “Anambra is peaceful and calm like ice water. The people of the state are already set to welcome President Tinubu to the state to commission signature projects of our beloved governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.”
Obigwe emphasized that the President’s visit should not be politicized, but rather viewed as a gesture of goodwill.
“Everything must not be politicised. What the President is coming to do in Anambra is to celebrate Governor Soludo’s achievements in office with the people of the state and such Presidential gesture will serve as encouragement to other governors,” he said.
He highlighted the accomplishments of the Soludo administration, asserting that no previous leader has achieved as much in such a short period.
“The achievements of Governor Soludo’s administration are worth celebrating because since the history of our state creation, no governor can boast of doing what Soludo did in the state within a short space of three years and two months,” he noted.
Obigwe further accused the APC of attempting to influence public opinion with financial incentives.
“Like we already know, the APC camp is busy buying people with money and we are saying it authoritatively that the writer peddling the false rumour of ‘tension in Anambra’ is among the people they bought to promote their dead-on-arrival governorship ambition,” he alleged.
Concluding his statement, the APGA spokesman reiterated the public’s overwhelming support for Governor Soludo.
“As at today, the words on the mouth of Anambra electorates is ‘one good turn deserves another’ and that is a declaration of overwhelming support for Governor Soludo’s second term ambition,” he said.
