Soludo To Resolve Differences With Peter Obi

The Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, has said that he will soon settle the rift between him and the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.

Soludo said that Obi remains his brother, irrespective of their political differences.

Speaking at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Awka, during the Thanksgiving mass for Most Rev. Paulinus C. Ezeokafor in celebration of his 70th birthday, Soludo said he would soon be meeting with Obi to iron out their rifts.

He also dismissed as laughable $28 million bribery allegations to run down the LP’s Presidential candidate, saying he would have been a trillionaire if he was into such.

"Today is very special. When we came into the service, it was the first time, my brother, Peter Obi and I are meeting at a public event and in a Catholic Church which the two of us belong to. I think it was divine.

“When I came in, I quickly went to where he sat and hugged him, people watched with bewilderment as if we were acting drama. Is it not the same people quarrelling?

“Let me tell you, we spoke two times, just last night. We’re brothers.

"You know I’m not one of those politicians that speak from two sides of the mouth. I can’t pretend.

"I’m a politician but also want to make heaven. I’ll keep saying the truth.

“There’s no rift between Obi and me at a personal level. Nobody snatched each other’s wife.

"What appears to be the rift between us is fundamental political differences. Nothing else.

“So for those forging blackmail and all that, including the one they said I collected bribe to say what I said, I asked them to bring it so I use it to construct roads.

"If Soludo is into bribes, I would have been a multi-trillionaire.

“On the fundamental differences we have, we are going to meet in the next few week’s time.

"We’ve agreed to discuss and iron out our differences. Unfortunately, he’s left. We must get it done. Anambra is for all of us."