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Nigeria 2023: Peter Obi, Soludo reignite battle for soul of Anambra 

By Ben Ezeamalu

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Posted on March 17, 2023 10:05

© Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, arrives at a polling unit to cast his vote during Nigeria’s Presidential election in his hometown in Agulu, Anambra state, Nigeria February 25, 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, arrives at a polling unit to cast his vote during Nigeria’s Presidential election in his hometown in Agulu, Anambra state, Nigeria February 25, 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

On 18 March, the ghost of Governor Soludo’s letter criticising Peter Obi’s presidential ambition could return to haunt him in Anambra State, after his predecessor’s party surprisingly swept the federal parliament election in the state.

10 years ago, the cold war between Peter Obi and Charles Soludo, a former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, simmered to the surface. Obi, who was finishing his two terms as the governor of Anambra State, had engineered the disqualification of Soludo who wanted to succeed him.

Both Obi and Soludo were members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in 2013 and the ex-CBN chief was aiming to be the party’s governorship candidate in the south-eastern state’s election.

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