Soludo Speaks On Being Bounced At Tinubu's Inauguration

 

The governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo has reacted to the report that he was denied access to the VIP Section at the Eagles square during the inauguration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima on May 29th, 2023. 

In a video which the Reliant News had posted, Soludo and his wife aimed for the VIP Section at the Eagles square but were redirected to another section.  

Soludo who spoke during the inauguration of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) regional headquarters in Awka, revealed that his administration is willing to work with the government at the centre. He noted that it has been the norm of different administrations of APGA in the state.  To buttress his point, he stated that Peter Obi's administration also worked with People's Democratic Party (PDP) led federal government. 

In his words: “I tell our people that elections have come and gone and APGA did not go to the tribunal even though we had a presidential candidate because APGA has always worked with the government or party at the centre and it has always collaborated with the party at the center.

“When it was the PDP, APGA collaborated with the party and government at the centre and we, as it were, did not field any candidate because APGA worked with the party at the centre.

“We have not reviewed that position and if we will, that would be in the future, but for now. We shall work and collaborate with the party and government at the centre and that was what we met and what was written, and even when our brother, Mr Peter Obi was governor, the party collaborated with the PDP and it has not changed and that was what we met in APGA,” he said.

Speaking on being chased away from the VIP Section at the Eagles square, Soludo said the context was misconstrued. According to him, he was not sent out from the VIP Section, he was instead directed to the VVIP where prominent dignitaries were seated.

"We were at the Eagle Square, venue of the inauguration in Abuja. The sitting arrangements were right where the VIPs were, and we went there, and they told us that we had a sitting arrangement, and they directed us to where we were supposed to stay, which was even VVIP.

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“So we left there and went along with the CBN Governor, other governors, the Dangotes and Oni of Ife, only for me to get out of the square and hear that Soludo was bounced off the VIP and asked to go and stay with the masses.”