Umeh to Soludo: no regrets helping you become Gov

• Published date: 18 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The senatorial candidate of the Labour Party( LP) for Anambra Central, Senator Victor Umeh, said he has no regrets in contributing his quota for the emergence of Governor Charles Soludo.

The former National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) said he had forgiven Soludo for removing his campaign billboards in Awka.

Umeh, who spoke with reporters in his campaign office at Udoka Housing Estate, said he won't challenge the Governor's action in Court as he had resigned himself to fate.

He said during the 2021 governorship election, he toiled day and night working as Soludo's returning officer on the election day yet the only way he had to pay him was to remove all his campaign billboards that were fully paid for because of party politics and interest.

Umeh said: 'I campaigned for him (Soludo) to be Governor; I was his Director General and during the run-off at Ihiala, he called me to be his returning officer, and I discharged that duty creditably, ensuring that his votes were not stolen, and after that, I took the result to him in Isuofia his community and presented it to him.

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'I have no regret. I only told him my interest then was for him to take care of Anambra people and it is left for the Anambra people to judge if he is doing well or not.

'Anything I say now will be misinterpreted because the Governor recently pulled down my billboards. It's left for people of the state to judge him.'

He said the Governor ordered the removal of the billboard during a meeting with some members of his party at the Governor's Lodge.

According to him: 'He ordered them to remove it but someone told him that...