'Envy, hate behind Soludo’s assaults on Peter Obi' – Senator Umeh

Senator Victor Umeh has accused Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo of performing out of envy and hatred in the direction of presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr Peter Obi.

Umeh claimed that Soludo was making an attempt to surpass Obi’s political file, insisting that the previous Anambra governor remained extra well-liked than his successor within the state and throughout Nigeria.

The senator made the remarks on Tuesday whereas fielding questions on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme.

Umeh, who stated he attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, alongside Obi and Soludo between 1980 and 1984, recommended that their shared tutorial background might need contributed to what he described as peer envy.

He stated, “He (Peter Obi) cannot be drawn to what is called the peer envy and hate. You know, all of us were in the university together. Myself, Soludo, Peter Obi. We were at the University of Nigeria from 1980 to 1984, all of us graduated the same day.

“So sometimes when you see people talk, they talk out of maybe peer envy. He (Soludo) is running after Peter Obi’s record.”

The senator additional argued that Obi remained extra well-liked than Soludo regardless of the latter’s place as governor of Anambra State.

“Whether he likes it or not, today, no matter what Soludo does, Peter Obi will continue to be more popular than him, both in Nigeria and in Anambra State. Go there and see,” Umeh added.

Obi served as governor of Anambra State from 2006 to 2014. Soludo grew to become governor in 2022.