Anambra 2025: APC chieftain vows to unseat Soludo

The Anambra State chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Basil Ejidike, has insisted that the party will defeat the state governor, Chukwuma Soludo, in the November 8, 2025 governorship election.

Ejidike claimed that this was because Soludo had failed to protect the lives and property of the people of the state.

He said the governor and his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, have failed the people and do not deserve a second term.

He stated this in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state, on Monday, while receiving a chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Ejike Madunagu, who decamped to APC.

The APC chairman, represented by the state Assistant Secretary, Chief Sam Oraegbunam, urged Anambra voters to vote out APGA in the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

He said, “So in the face of the insecurity situation that is threatening the people in the state, the second tenure depends on performance in the first tenure, but the governor has failed in his first tenure. Look at the level of killings, but the governor never cares.

“We learnt that two of the suspects involved in the killing of the lawmaker representing Onitsha South 1, late Justice Azuka have escaped. This is an ugly story. So, we cannot continue to be complaining.

“Let us vote APC come November 8 for all this insecurity and financial imposition on us to stop. Most of the South-East states are APC because APGA is a local party not recognised at the national level. Anambra is the centre of South-East and we have to get dividends of democracy from the APC-led government down to the South-East zone.”

He described the decamped as a big fish whose presence in APC will not only garner more votes for the party in Oba ward, where he hails from but also the local government, state and by extension national as he has his business, Juliemon Estate management, in Abuja, Awka and Oba.

In his own contribution, the APC zonal chairman (central), Augustine Muomaife, said, “We want to be at the centre, Anambra is backward because of APGA. Politics is a vehicle and the motive is to carry you to your destination.

“We have to join APC, it is Federal might, you can’t challenge Federal Government, in 2027 five governors will decamp to APC. We are serious to win this governorship election to have our own share of the national cake. Talk from now to tomorrow without belonging to APC nobody will listen to you.”

In his response, the APGA decampee, Ejike Madunagu, commended the APC state chairman the exco members and other party members for finding him worthy to be admitted as an APC member and pledged not to disappoint them.

Madunagu said, “I decamped from APGA to APC because of the insecurity situation in the state. Lives and property are no longer safe and my business, Juliemon Estate is in Abuja, Awka and Oba, but because APGA leadership could not assist my business, I resolved to join the national party, APC-led Federal Government.

“With my entrance into APC, definitely I will provide dividends of democracy from the national level to the state. APGA doesn’t have the Federal might to do this and I have no regret leaving APGA to join a national party.”

Earlier, the APC Oba ward 1, chairman, Okwudili Maduemesia, expressed satisfaction with the defection of Ejike from APGA to APC describing him as a big fish who will attract more people to the party in Oba.

“With Ejike’s presence, we are sure of victory in Oba. He is a man of the people and we are happy he has joined us. He is a philanthropist and loves progress wherever he is.

“The present insecurity situation in the state is alarming. During the rainfall last night, three people were kidnapped here in Oba.”

A woman leader in Ward 1, Chukwuka Ogochukwu, said, “We need people in APC, it is the party to beat and I am sure we will get to Agu Awka, Govt House) by November 8 this year.

“With the presence of Ejike in our Ward 1, we are sure of victory for APC and his going to Abuja is for our own good. We thank all for bringing him into APC, he is a big fish.”