Anambra State Governor Charles Soludo has confirmed his support for the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) presidential candidate, Justice Peter Umeadi.
The governor slammed the Labour Party presidential candidate and ex-Anambra state governor, Peter Obi, by claiming that the Obidient Movement is a spinoff of the Peoples Democratic Party.
APGA is Nigeria's third largest political party, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Dr Alex Obiogbolu, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Soludo, who feels that the major opposition party was unjust to the Southeast by zoning its president to the north, believes that backing any other party might harm APGA's prospects in the 2023 general election.
APGA remains the third largest political party in Nigeria, considering the number of political offices it has won.
“APGA has a State governor, members of the National Assembly and members of the state assemblies.
“APGA does not consider the wave of the ‘Obidient Movement’ as a threat towards achieving its set goals in 2023.
“The LP and the ‘Obidient Movement’ are offshoots of the PDP. Therefore, they pose a big threat to PDP, not APGA”.
Soludo, who won the Anambra governorship election in November, 2021, contested under the platform of APGA.