Onitsha Main Market: Is Soludo Driven By The Second Term Syndrome?

MAZI EJIMOFOR OPARA 

There are some misrepresentations that are deficit of plausible evidence. One of such example is the allegation that Governor Soludo’s ongoing shockwaves across Onitsha Main market is part of the “second term” brazenness exhibited by most Chief Executives who abandon critical decisions in the first term until they win a second term bid in political office.

Well, Soludo does not fit into this frame. This is a man whose audacity and fearlessness worries his Lieutenants and even the Party he leads. Now let me show some proofs;

— Four Months after Soludo was sworn in (July, 2022) he declared an end to the now infamous “Monday sit-at-home” in Anambra. This declaration opened up most parts of the State for normal businesses ie. Awka, Ekwulobia etc.

— This is the same Soludo who looked at the defiant Obidient pugnastes in the eyes and called them “headless mobs” at a time many political leaders dared not.

— The same Soludo who wrote a prophetic piece to Peter Obi at the very crest of his popularity declaring his candidacy as an easy pathway for APC-Tinubu victory.

— A Soludo who began his urban regeneration and road dualization projects in spite of huge personal losses to well meaning individuals and communities.

— The Soludo who fought the UGM to a standstill and reclaimed 8 local governments hitherto under their siege.

— The Soludo who looked Uzu-Awka (Austin Ndigwe) in the face and told him openly not to parade himself as the King of Awka kingdom.

— The Soludo who ended Okeite and the mad house it created. Yet, looked Oba youths in the face at a campaign rally and told them what no politician could dare.

Well, Soludo does not work according to term, he works according to plan. Just like he doesn’t see the geopolitical cleavages of Anambra North, South and Central — Anambra is one State, one people, one Agenda. Soludo’s kind of political leader comes once in a century!

I am happy Ndi Anambra have come to define him as a firm Leader — zero pretense, zero grandstanding! Let me remind you that in spite of this major disruptions caused by Soludo, he still won his reelection by a historic 73%. If ever there would be a third term Ndi Anambra, who are highly result oriented, would vote for him again more resoundingly!