Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, mentioned he holds no private grievance towards Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State and has as a substitute prayed for God to “grant him even higher heights,” regardless of what he described because the governor’s “unlucky and bitter” public outbursts towards him.
Talking with journalists on the just-concluded All Nigeria Editors Convention (ANEC 2025) on the Naval Base, Abuja, Obi congratulated Soludo on profitable a second tenure and urged him to reply to God’s mercies with humility, gratitude, and compassion. He mentioned management have to be approached with “service, gratitude, and love for our folks,” not resentment.
In an announcement by his spokesman, Ibrahim Umar, on Saturday in Abuja, Obi’s attraction comes within the wake of Soludo’s certificate-of-return presentation ceremony, the place the governor mocked his critics and referred to Obi as a “pissed off politician and not using a membership,” additionally accusing the previous governor of Anambra State of damaging the training system within the State. Obi mentioned he felt “compelled to reply” as a result of silence is perhaps misinterpreted.
However, Obi mentioned, “On an event meant to have fun his certificates of return, as a substitute of thanking Almighty God for granting him a second tenure — a second to display love and magnanimity — he selected to point out bitterness and resentment. It was deeply unlucky.”
He defined that his involvement within the Anambra election was minimal.
“I solely attended three public occasions with the Labour Party candidate, strictly the place I used to be invited,” he clarified. “There was nothing I mentioned to warrant controversy or hypothesis.”
Obi recounted witnessing irregularities on Election Day however mentioned he ensured calm in his group, reminding his those that “integrity should all the time take priority over politics.” Management, he mentioned, is measured not by the competition for energy however by “the braveness to uphold equity, restraint, and the dignity of our folks — even in essentially the most attempting circumstances.”
Responding to Soludo’s taunts, Obi used a soccer analogy: “If gubernatorial candidates are within the first division, I’m within the Champions League. I ran for Vice President in 2019 and for President in 2023, profitable 11 states and Abuja. My report speaks for itself.”
Reflecting on his tenure and age, he mentioned: “In each the previous and new Anambra, solely Jim Nwobodo and I turned governors in our forties. I used to be the primary to serve a second tenure.”
Regardless of the controversy, Obi mentioned he harbours no sick will towards Soludo. “I pray that God grants him even higher heights — if that may encourage him to point out humility, compassion, and a real concern for the folks.”
He concluded with a reminder: “We should recognise the mercies God grants us. Management is just not about resentment or bitterness — it’s about service, gratitude, and love for our folks.”
