By Charles Igbo
The honeymoon between Professor Chukwuma Soludo, Governor, Anambra State, and some of his admirers across the South-east is waning.
Since his decisive victory at the Anambra Governorship election of November 6, 2021, and his swearing-in on March 17, 2022, he had enjoyed a robust relationship with most Igbo people, even with the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB.
But the relationship is suddenly going sour. He is coming under attack. And they blame it on what they call “mis-speaking”. They say he has mispoken a couple of times. They say he was threatening fire and brimstone often.
However, what has brought him into the recent collusion with some people and Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed disciple of Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader, is his reaction on Friday, April 8, 2022, of the fatal attack by gunmen of the Ekwulobia Headquarters of Aguata Local Government Area. Soludo is from the LGA.
Gunmen had attacked the LGA Headquarters on Thursday, April 7. They set it on fire, wreaked havoc, and allegedly killed two people.
On a visit to the scene of the incident on Friday, Soludo said that the hoodlums were smoked out by security operatives from their camps where they had been operating in the past two years. While running away, he said, they paused to set the LGA Headquarters on fire.
He then went on to say that none of the hoodlums was from Anambra State. He said 85% of them came from one of the South-east States, while the remaining 15% came from other places.
Offering amnesty to the hoodlums in the bush, he said that those who refuse to accept the amnesty would be dealt with. He called them criminals, who would face the full wrath of the law. And declared all those in the bush criminals.
But his allegations and threats have struck a wrong chord with some people. By saying that 85% of the gunmen were from another Suth-east State, they accuse him of trying to divide the Igbo. He is creating artificial boundaries in Igboland, they alleged,
“Soludo should never statelise crimes in Ala Igbo. He goofed herevand should walk back on this submission”, one of them noted.
Another asked him to walk back on his faux pas. “I still love and admire Prof C.C. Soludo Charlie Nwa Mgboafor. But he needs to walk back on his faux pas.”
And yet, another; “Yes, he did not mention any State, but he goofed. He must remain the rallying point for the Igbo renaissance and never deviate.”
Following are some of the reactions as seen on the Social Media, and posted by Dr Nnaemeka Onyeka Obiaraeri
💢IGBO BU OFU (Igbo are one) I REFUSE TO ACCEPT THE ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARIES CREATED BY YAKUBU GOWON, BABANGIDA, ABACHA AND THE FULA( Fulani) FEUDALISTS..
💢MY BELOVED Charles Chukwuma Soludo should never statelise crimes in Ala Igbo. He goofed here and should walk back on this submission..Ndi Igbo bu ofu. One for all , all for one
💢I STILL LOVE AND ADMIRE PROF C C SOLUDO, CHARLIE NWA MGBAFOR. BUT HE NEEDS TO WALK BACK ON HIS FAUX PAS
✍️Okenyi Kenechi, I totally align with your submission on the faux pas by our beloved Prof Soludo .
✍️Much as I admire and love Prof Soludo, he goofed on this one
✍️Igbo bu ofu.( Igbo are one). We cannot and must never adjust our Igboness to the artifical boundaries created by the military field slaves of the fula hegemonists and feudalist .
✍️We cannot statelise crimes in Igbo land . Whether the criminals migrated from one clan or dialectic base to create mayhem in any part of Igbo land , it does not matter . They are criminals and arsonists and must be flushed out of Igbo land . Ndi Igbo are not terrorists and we must never allow low budget Osisikankwus to dwell and wreck Havoc in Igboland no matter their clan or dialectic base .
✍️Prof Soludo should walk back on this faux pas. Yes he did not mention any state, but he goofed. He must remain the rallying point for the Igbo renaissance and never deviate .
✍️Amongst the elected governors from the Igbo ethnic nationality, he is the only political rallying point in Igbo land . He should never see himself as the Governor of the Fula created Anambra state. He is the Governor of Igbo land because the other 6 Governors of the Igbo stock have gone rogue on us to the satisfaction of their fula overlords .
✍️States were created by the fula overlords and their slave Gowon . We must never allow such to divide Ndi Igbo.
And reacting to Soludo’s submission that anybody who is in the bush is a criminal, Ekpa said Soludo is targeting at the operatives of the Eastern Security Network, ESN. He said ESN operatives are in the bush to protect women and farmers who, he alleged, are targets of rogue herders. For that, Ekpa threatened, they would face Soludo.
The Governor seems to be walking on a tight rope, already.
