{"id":1152,"date":"2026-10-25T17:30:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/igbo-must-unite-build-alliances-to-produce-president-soludo\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T17:30:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T17:30:46","slug":"igbo-must-unite-build-alliances-to-produce-president-soludo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/igbo-must-unite-build-alliances-to-produce-president-soludo\/","title":{"rendered":"Igbo must unite, build alliances to produce president \u2014 Soludo"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Onitsha<\/p>\n

\u2026Opens up on inclusion in APC presidential campaign council<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026Says Igbo identity no reason to back Obi<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026Declares victory over Monday sit-at-home, says Anambra back to life<\/em><\/p>\n

By Steve Oko<\/strong><\/p>\n

UMUAHIA \u2014 Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said the Igbo must unite and build strategic alliances across Nigeria to stand a chance of producing the country\u2019s president.<\/p>\n

Soludo said the South-East must overcome political divisions and forge strategic alliances with other regions to strengthen its bargaining power.<\/p>\n

He cited the alliance-building approach associated with First Republic political leader, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe, arguing that the Igbo needed a broader national support base to realise their presidential ambition.<\/p>\n

He also pointed to President Bola Tinubu\u2019s political alliances as an example of the importance of coalition-building in securing power.<\/p>\n

Gov. Soludo who spoke exclusively with Vanguard, declared that he and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) would support President Tinubu\u2019s re-election in 2027, explaining why he accepted an appointment in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council despite belonging to another party.<\/p>\n

The Governor said APGA\u2019s leadership had collectively adopted Tinubu for a second term and resolved not to field a presidential candidate, adding that the decision was consistent with the party\u2019s tradition of supporting presidents irrespective of their political platforms.<\/p>\n

He recalled that former Anambra governors Peter Obi and Willie Obiano had similarly supported presidential candidates from other parties.<\/p>\n

Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime, Gov. Soludo said he had since, communicated APGA\u2019s position to President Tinubu during the President\u2019s visit to Anambra to inaugurate landmark projects, including the Government House, Solution Fun City and roads.<\/p>\n

Obi\u2019s Igbo identity no reason to back him<\/p>\n

On expectations that Soludo should support his predecessor and the presidential flag bearer of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi, Aburime said the two politicians belonged to different parties and did not share the same political ideology.<\/p>\n

He acknowledged that Obi was qualified to contest the presidency but maintained that shared ethnicity should not determine political support.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolitics shouldn\u2019t be based on emotion or sentiment. They have different ideologies,\u201d he said, insisting that Nigerians should support parties based on their capacity to improve citizens\u2019 lives rather than ethnic or regional considerations.<\/p>\n

Aburime also dismissed the assumption that Anambra voters would repeat their overwhelming support for Obi in 2023, declaring that the political dynamics had changed.<\/p>\n

\u201c2023 is gone. 2027 is not going to be 2023,\u201d he said, expressing confidence that APGA members would vote for Tinubu.<\/p>\n

Defends Tinubu\u2019s economic reforms<\/p>\n

On the removal of fuel subsidy and foreign exchange reforms, Aburime said Soludo supported Tinubu\u2019s economic policies, describing them as painful but necessary measures to address longstanding structural weaknesses.<\/p>\n

He argued that the previous practice of printing money to sustain the economy was unsustainable, adding that the reforms would eventually yield benefits.<\/p>\n

On whether Tinubu had influenced former President Muhammadu Buhari to adopt better economic policies, Aburime said it was impossible to know whether the President had offered such advice behind the scenes, noting that influence did not guarantee acceptance.<\/p>\n

Kanu\u2019s release will be resolved politically<\/p>\n

On the continued detention of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, Aburime said the matter had assumed a political dimension and would ultimately require a political resolution.<\/p>\n

Soludo had previously visited Kanu in detention and pledged to work towards securing his release.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Asked why the governor had yet to achieve that objective despite his closeness and relationship with Tinubu, Aburime declined to comment extensively but said efforts towards a resolution were not over.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nnamdi Kanu case has become a political case and it will be resolved politically,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Monday sit-at-home defeated, Anambra back to life<\/p>\n

Soludo declared that the enforcement of the Monday sit-at-home order by armed groups had been defeated, with commercial and social activities returning to normal across Anambra.<\/p>\n

He said vehicles were moving freely and major centres, including Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi were bustling with activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe war has been conquered, and all the debris is buried,\u201d he said, insisting that residents could now move around freely and that Anambra was back to life.<\/p>\n

END<\/p>\n

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