By Ikeugonna Eleke
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, says the results of Saturday’s by-elections in the South-East showed that the Labour Party (LP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) are dead and non-existent in the state.
The Governor stated this on Sunday during an event in the Nanka area of the state to celebrate the victory of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Saturday’s by-elections.
Soludo threw a jab at one of his predecessors, Peter Obi, who backed ADC candidates in the by-elections, saying the ADC did not exist in the state.
‘ADC does not exist in Anambra. We showed it yesterday (Saturday). Labour Party is dead,’ Soludo said to the cheers of his party men who were adorned in different APGA paraphernalia emblazoned with the symbolic cock logo of the party.
The Governor said the ADC opposition coalition wanted to use the by-election in Anambra to test its popularity, but ‘the people spoke overwhelmingly with over 75%. APGA is our movement.’
APGA’s candidates, Chief Emma Nwachukwu and Ifeoma Azikiwe, both Anambra South Senatorial and Onitsha North 1 State Constituency Candidates, won their election with high margins.
Soludo however did not say anything about the All Progressives Congress, APC, the party at the centre, whose national leader, President Ahmed Bola Tinubu, he visited in Abuja shortly before the by-elections.
