By Praise Chinecherem
A group, Forum of Labour Party 2023 House of Assembly Candidates has chided Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State over what it described as “dictatorial” tendencies of his administration.
The group, in a statement by its Spokesperson, Hon. Humphrey Iloh accused Soludo-led Government of humiliation, intimidation impoverishment as well as killing of people of the state.
It cited the recent destruction of newspaper stands and beating of newspaper vendors in Awka and brutal killing of one Mr. Arinze Obuladike, a drug dealer at Ogbo-ogwu, Onitsha by Special Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad (SASA).
The group argued that Soludo’s style of governance contradicted Section 14(2) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, threatening to compel the House of Assembly to commence impeachment process on the Governor if the ugly trend comtinued.
The statement reads, “Our attention has being drawn to trending news with pictorial and video evidences on social media of Prof. Soludo-led Government destroying newspaper stands and beating of newspaper vendors in Awka, on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
“Also, on Friday, February 16, 2024 at Ogbo-ogwu in Onitsha; the brutal killing of one Mr. Arinze Obuladike, a drug dealer at Ogbo-ogwu, a resident of Iyiowa Odekpe, in Ogbaru LGA and indigene of Okija in Ihiala LGA, all in Anambra State; by Special Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad (SASA), a Government agency that does not have the legal authority to bear arms or engage in violent acts as seen in the circulating vidoes.
“We the members of the Forum Of Labour Party 2023 House of Assembly Candidates condemn in its entirety these double tragic and unfortunate acts by Prof. Soludo-led Government and other previous actions, which is a clear indication that Anambra State is now under a DICTATORIAL REGIME.
“The Anambra State of today was not the friendly and peaceful Anambra that the previous Governments left for Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
“His current style of Governance is totally against Section 14(2) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, which declares that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of Government.
“We advice the Soludo-led Government to desist from further humiliating, Intimidating, Impoverishing and Killing of Ndi-Anambra.
“Otherwise, we would be left with no option than to approach the court and seek for an Order to compel the House of Assembly to commence impeachment process on the Governor, to rescue Ndi-Anambra from this Dictatorial regime.”
