Anambra 2025: Ikemba Front asks President Tinubu to call Umahi to order over his endorsement of Soludo

By Alphonsus Nweze, Onitsha

The All Progressives Congress, (APC), in Anambra State, Ikemba Front, has condemned the Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi for endorsing Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State during a courtesy call on the Governor at the State Government Lodge in Amawbia.
Umahi who is the immediate past Governor of Ebonyi State had shortly after the flag- off ceremony of the construction of access road to the second Niger Bridge linking Delta and Anambra States, phase 2B, openly endorsed Prof. Chukwuma Soludo’s second term during a courtesy call.
He said that Soludo has no opposition to contend with in the state as the Anambra State governorship election draws nearer.
But in a swift reaction, the National Coordinator of Ikemba Front, Sir Arinzechukwu Awogu, berated the Minister for engaging in anti-party activities .
Awogu said the former Ebonyi State governor spoke from the point of monumental ignorance, stressing that the Minister was oblivious of the gains APC has made in Anambra State in recent times.
“Much as we attribute the inglorious comment of the Honorable Minister to monumental ignorance about Anambra political environment and the gains of our party in the state, we condemn in the strongest possible terms the statement as spewed by the uninformed Minister. It’s somewhat of a gibberish coming from a supposed party man. One wonders what sort of point he intends to score with such self-serving statement?” said Awogu.
He accused Engr.Umahi of being part of the clique in the South-East that does not wish APC to win in Anambra State for selfish reasons, so that they will continue to pillage Anambra State and share slots meant for Anambra State at the federal level among themselves in the pretense that Anambra State is not with the party at the centre.
“It’s all perfidy and narrow-interest. I challenge the Minister to show the world his result as a sitting governor of a state in the election that produced Mr. President. He couldn’t deliver President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his state as a serving governor. His presidential election result for APC was a disaster. But let an APC government emerge on 8th of November, 2025 in Anambra State and see if Anambra APC will not deliver Mr. President in the 2027 presidential election” he said with air of confidence.
Awogu called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call the Minister to order stressing : “We call on Mr. President to reprimand the Minister for going beyond his briefs and for indulging in anti-party.
He said the Minister was not aware that the party in Anambra State has been rejuvenated and placed on winning ways.
The coordinator said that the Hon. Minister cannot say that there is no opposition if he is not oblivious of the grassroot appeal the party now enjoys in the state, courtesy of the commitment of the members of the party in Anambra State, saying that the Works Minister may also not be aware that Ndi-Anambra are very eager in their avowed move to return to the centre this time around.
He emphasized that Soludo’s attempt on infrastructure and human capital development which the Minister said had humbled the opposition, was indeed a far cry if an APC government was in power in Anambra State.
Sir Awogu said they would achieve far more in less than one year what Prof. Soludo claimed to have achieved in three years.
He expressed confidence that APC will defeat Prof. Chukwuma Soludo thoroughly in the coming Anambra State governorship election as the masses have pitched their tent with the party in Anambra State.