Compiled by Ndubuisi Michaels
I am thoroughly embarrassed about the level of hostility being exhibited by our brother and friend Prof Charles Soludo towards Peter Obi.
He cannot claim to be self made. People like us participated in making him. I was Pro-chancellor and Chairman of Council at the University of Nigeria when his papers came for approval for Professorship.
I could have found reason to withhold or deny assent. But we put him out and praised his work. That made President Obasanjo appoint him Economic Adviser without hesitation.
Three years later, three of us Dr Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Oby Ezekwesili and myself were attending a Conference in Brussels when President Obasanjo called Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, the Finance Minister to ask for the nomination of Governor of Central Bank. We gave a unanimous vote for Prof Charles Soludo…Ministers of Finance, Education and Due Process.
As Ndigbo we were proud to support our brother. He was not the sole candidate. Obasanjo gave him the position. Everyone rejoiced. That was the power of Umunna.
Years later, I cannot imagine the same person who benefitted resoundingly from the support of Umunna being the one to pull down his own brother who is enjoying overwhelming support elsewhere.
I am truly ashamed of him. Ndigbo should not allow him to get away with this. He should be made to withdraw all his damaging statements against Obi.
There is still time for him to reverse himself in this matter. Ndigbo must not allow him to get away with this.
Prof Fabian Osuji
The Soludo you didn’t know… Comments
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala…
This was how Madam Okonjo Iweala described Soludo in January 28, 2015.
“an embittered loser in the Nigerian political space” who is “so derailed” to “commit intellectual harakiri by deliberately misquoting economic facts and maliciously turning statistics on their head to justify a hatchet job. “Soludo has shamelessly pandered to so many past leaders that Nigerians are asking one more time – what position is Soludo gunning for now?”.
“There is definitely an issue of character with Prof. Charles Soludo and his desperate search for power and relevance in Nigeria. Nigerians should therefore beware of so-called intellectuals without character and wisdom because this combination is fatal.”
Late Dora Akunyili…
In July 17, 2010, Prof Dora Akunyili had this to say about Soludo.
‘So we are in-laws, but since he lost the last gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Prof. Soludo has singled me out as the source of his failure to win the election, and he convinced my sister to believe that I was the cause of his failure. All efforts by people to make him understand that I alone cannot make him Governor have failed.
So he brought that anger, grudge and frustration to the burial of his mother in-law who is also my elder sister. All arrangements made by me and my other siblings to receive guests at Isuofia, where my late sister was residing (which is also Soludo’s village) were vandalized by Soludo’s hired thugs.
HRH Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on Soludo…
In May 10, 2013, Sanusi Lamido said about Soludo when Soludo denied it was Madam Okonjo Iweala that introduced him to Obasanjo.
“Charles was introduced to me by Ngozi, and that was the foundation of our professional relationship and friendship. As far as I know, it was also Ngozi who proposed his name for economic adviser and Oby (and her husband) took him to Obasanjo several times before he was appointed.
If Charles is denying that this happened, that is fine. It does not change the facts, and those that did what they did know what they did or did not do!
Why is Charles so hurt that others have helped him? Is he suggesting that he had won the Nobel Prize in Economics and that is how Obasanjo got to meet and appoint him?
Anambra Criminals…
In May 2022, Soludo said that the criminals in Anambra State are Igbo people from another State. Till date, all the criminals apprehended so far were either from Anambra or have partners in Anambra.
Soludo already borrowed 100 billion under 3 months. Peter Obi never borrowed for a day. Anambra people are in for a ride.
Bro China Ify Onyeabo
