LP group knocks Soludo over Anambra monarchs suspension

21st January 2024

 Labour Party group, under the aegis of Forum of Labour Party State House of Assembly Candidates, Anambra State chapter, has slammed the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, for suspending monarchs.

The group also knocked the state government for setting ablaze the properties and wares of traders in the state, saying that such action is “traumatising the Anambra people”.

They stated this in a statement signed by its Coordinator, Mr OCN Okafor, and made available to journalists on Sunday.

The statement read, “On January 8, 2024, the state government, through the office of the Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs via a widely circulated letter in the media, suspended the Traditional Ruler of Neni community, H.R.H Igwe Damian O. Ezeani, for conferring a Chieftaincy title on a serving Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria“Also, on January 16, 2024, there were viral videos on social media of public destruction and burning of goods and wares of some street hawkers in Awka by men armed with cutlasses and axes, working in the office of Awka Capital Territory Authority.

“We condemn these two actions of the state government on her citizens, as they are barbaric, inhuman and wicked, and we warn the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, not to throw our dear state into anarchy with his tyrannic tendencies.”

The group, however, said it is not encouraging lawlessness.