Addressing a crowd of supporters, Soludo accused Obi of toying with the emotions of Igbo people at every election cycle.
He, however, said the 2027 general election, in which Obi is running for President, will be different.
He said, “Ask him, since he has been in politics, what he has brought for the Igbos? Look at the bad state and erosion in Anambra for a long time. Since he started politics, what has he done about it?
"Then, when it’s time for the election, you come and start playing with our emotions, and still want us to waste our votes on you and remain where we are. It won’t happen again. 2027 will be different. We Igbos will get our own share this time around by voting right.”
In other news, Galaxy TV reported that last week, Barrister Aloy Ejimakor called on Soludo and Obi to end their feud.
The feud, which began in 2022, took a new turn when the Anambra State Commissioner for Finance stated that the state is still servicing loans and debts incurred by the Obi administration.
Obi rejected this, denying he owed any salary by the end of his tenure.
He said, “As at the day I left office, I was not owing any salary, pension, or gratuity that Anambra State Government is supposed to pay.
“I was not owing any supplier or contractor that had executed his job and his documents processed, not one.
“The day I left office, I paid what was due to be paid. I wasn’t owing any contractors.”
In response, the state revealed that the Obi administration spent about $4.05 billion (equivalent to N5.4 trillion at the current exchange rate) in eight years and also contracted US$123.77 billion in external debt alone, for which it has so far paid billions of naira in service payments.
The state said it converted the audited and published expenditures using the average official exchange rates over the eight years of Obi's administration, totalling about US$4.05 billion.
The state also lamented the poverty level Anambra citizens experienced during Obi's eight years in office.
With the back-and-forth between Soludo's administration and Obi, Ejimakor warned that they stand to gain nothing from the feud.
He shared on X, "Soludo and Obi should stop this feud. The Igbos egging them on should also stop. The feud does no political good for either of them or for Ndigbo. And it won’t have any impact on who wins or loses the 2027 presidential election. Instead, it distracts one from governance and the other from facing his campaign."
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