Senator representing Anambra Central, Victor Umeh, has said that any indigene of the south-east who opposes the presidential ambition of Peter Obi, candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), is an “enemy” of the people of the region.
Umeh spoke on Saturday during an event organised by the Knights of St. John International at St. Patrick Catholic Church, Awka, the Anambra state capital.
The event was attended by Obi and other members of NDC in Anambra.
The senator described Obi as the “conscience” of Igbo people in the 2027 presidential election.
He added that Igbo would be destroying themselves if they supported any presidential candidate other than Obi.
Umeh also said Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, must serve the people with “honour and nobility” rather than “sabotaging” Obi.
The senator said Soludo should be warned against committing an “abomination” by seeking to destroy Obi under the guise of politics.
“I’m an Igbo activist, you people know me and you hear my voice in the Senate on all issues of national importance. Peter is our conscience in this election,” Umeh said.
“Any Igbo man who stands up to say we will not vote for Peter Obi, I’m telling you that he’s an enemy of Igbo people,
“I have been hearing a lot of things going on in this state. This government in the state (Anambra), I helped install it. Nobody came here as the governor of Anambra state since 2003 without my input.
“This one (Soludo) that is serving, I was a principal contributor to his ascending to that office. He’s holding that office in trust for all of us. Anything he does in that office; he must discharge it with honour and nobility.
“It is not by sabotaging our own brother. I’m saying it because anybody who can see him should tell him. We don’t want fight but let him not commit abomination by wanting to destroy his brother in the name of politics.”
Soludo has endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
At a recent event in the state, the governor declared Tinubu as the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)’s preferred candidate for the 2027 elections. The Anambra state government under Soludo has been at loggerheads with Obi, a former governor of the state, over the NDC presidential candidate’s records in office.
