Founding National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, (APGA) Chief Chekwas Okorie has stated that the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu by Governors Charles Soludo on behalf of the party was a deceitful act.
NATIONAL POST reported that Soludo, the governor Soludo of Anambra State had announced that the APGA has adopted Tinubu as its presidential candidate for the 2027 election.
But reacting, Okorie said he hoped Tinubu had not been deceived by the baseless endorsement.
He said whereas all well-meaning Nigerians, especially the people of Anambra State and Ndigbo in general, welcomed wholeheartedly and with great joy the state visit of President Tinubu to Anambra State, Soludo he overreached himself when he assured the President that APGA would adopt him for the 2027 presidential election.
According to Chief Okorie, Soludo “even claimed that APGA had a policy of such adoption since 2011 when Governor Peter Obi publicly adopted President Goodluck Jonathan for the presidential election of that year.
“APGA has suffered several misrepresentations by self-serving and selfish Governors who unscrupulously demonstrated unconscionable ingratitude to the Party that provided them the platform to realize their life ambition of becoming Governor of their States.
“Chief Rochas Okorocha did the same thing when he claimed that APGA joined the APC merger in 2013 when only himself and his followers joined the newly registered APC.”
He then declared that “Prof. Soludo lacks the capacity to make such a monumental commitment on behalf of APGA. He even claims to be the National Leader of the Party.
“A claim that is blatantly false. Dr Alex Otti is the only governor of the Labour Party but you will never see him parade himself with the bloated ego of Prof Soludo.
“I am the founder and patriarch of APGA. In spite of this obvious fact, I can not by myself make such a commitment on behalf of APGA.
“It is said by Ndigbo that no sane man can claim to have a first son before his father. I am certain that President Tinubu was not deceived by Prof Soludo's perfidy and sycophancy.”