IKEMBA FRONT Hails Tinubu’s Visit to Anambra as Blessing for APC, Anti-climax for Soludo

By Praise Chinecherem

The flagship political support group of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Anambra State, Ikemba Front has described President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s recent visit to the State as blessing to the party.

The group in a statement made available to newsmen in Awka, said the visit punctured the misplaced and over-bloated false hope of Governor Chukwuma Soludo and his All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over the November 8, 2025 governorship election.

It expressed gratitude to the President for using the visit to identify with his party, APC in the state, which he said has sent a strong signal to Soludo and APGA that the President is a true party man.

In the statement titled: “Your Visit Has Made Us Stronger,” which was jointly signed by National Coordinator, Sir Arinzechukwu Awogu and the National Secretary, Comrade Ikechukwu Ikeobi, and addressed to Tinubu, the national leader, the group said the visit reduced Soludo’s popularity, boastful and audacious carriage.

The statement reads in part, “The one day working visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Anambra State turned out to be a blessing to the state chapter of the APC and an anticlimax for the members of the ruling APGA in the state and its governorship candidate, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo who they had hoped to use to enhance his chances through Mr. President’s endorsement.

“The ruling party in the state and its governor have since after the visit been reduced in popularity and are now less boastful and audacious in their carriage.

“They have become like a trounced dog running with its tail in between the two legs following the president’s blunt refusal to heed the plea of Prof. Soludo’s Chief Emeka Anyaoku and Sir Emeka Offor” to endorse Soludo.

“They said the request which was the unspoken real agenda behind the invitation of the president to a one- day working visit to the state was dead on arrival.

“The one-day working visit of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Anambra State has turned out to be an anticlimax for the members of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the state and its governorship candidate, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.

“If you may have noticed, they were roundly disappointed and their brains have been reset to realize that the president is a true party man who wants his own party to win in Anambra State.

“The crowd of APC supporters that trooped out in their thousands to welcome the president at the Chinua Achebe Airport and along major roads that Mr. President passed through, including Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, were a testament to the strength of APC in the State contrary to the hitherto misleading impression created by the politically drowning Prof. Soludo that APC does not exist in Anambra State.”

The group praised the tireless efforts of APC State chairman, Sir Basil Ejidike and commended the fired up spirit that the governorship candidate of the party, Prince Dr. Nicholas Ukachukwu, has injected into the party since emerging as the party’s governorship flag bearer.

Ikemba Front also said there was no project to be commissioned during the visit, emphasizing : “Uncompleted Fun City and Government House couldn’t have been the reason for pulling Mr. President to Anambra State”.

“It could be recalled that President Tinubu was in Anambra State two weeks ago and was impressed with what he saw of his party, APC, in the State, that he had to invite the party leadership to Abuja the following week and informed them that he could not settle for 25% in Anambra when he could through his party secure a comfortable 100%.

“The President assured that he would want his party to win the Anambra State November 8, 2025, governorship election,” the statement added.