Non-indigenes in Anambra boost Soludo’s bid for reelection

By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja

The bid by Anambra governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, for a second term got a boost on Tuesday with his endorsement by non-indigenes living in the state.

The mammoth crowd of non-indigenes from all the geopolitical zones of the country converged on the International Conference Centre (ICC), Awka, the state capital, to endorse Soludo’s re-election bid in the November 8, 2025, governorship poll.

The spokesperson of the organisers of the event held on the aegis “Patriots”, Chief Damian Enekwechi, said the decision to endorse the Soludo’s administration was because it has performed well.

According to him, the non-indigenes decided decided to endorse the governor’s second-term bid so that the state would attain the Dubai-Silicon Valley status of the administration’s dream.

Speaking at the event, Soludo said he appreciated the outpouring of sentiments expressed by various tribes and pledges of support for actualisation of his second term ambition.

“I appreciate your support for us to go for a second term. I do not take this for granted,” the Governor said while reiterating his believe in one Nigeria while revealing that as an undergraduate, he was a coordinator of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN) in the 1983 election.

He said the motto of NPN was ‘One Nation, One Destiny’.

“God didn’t make a mistake in putting us together as people of the same country with the potential to be the leaders of the black race. So, wherever we find ourselves, we should accept each other and work the talk,” he said.

According to him, “I’ve been in public service at the national level and I am now in Anambra State and we live out the same principles.

I don’t care where you come from. Some of my best friends are Muslims from the North. The best two drivers I ever had were from the North. Two of them are from Kogi and it didn’t matter to me where they came from.

“Some of my finest friends were not of the same religion as I. They are not Igbo, not Christians. That is why in Anambra, we have one state, one agenda. We don’t have boundaries. Religion, location and local government are not our concern. Once you live in Anambra, you are of Anambra. I thank all of you for being good citizens of Nigeria,” Soludo said.