In a statement released by C- Don Adinuba, the director of media for Soludo’s campaign organization, Uba’s campaign inauguration was postponed because Soludo was frightened of meeting with the people of the state to address concerns about his past actions.

The inauguration of Uba’s campaign has been postponed twice due to insecurity in the state. He also suspended it in honor of Dr. Chike Akunyili, the husband of former information minister Prof Dora Akunyili, who was killed along with eight others in Nkpor, near Onitsha.

The Soludo Campaign, on the other hand, had dismissed Uba’s claim that the campaign had been suspended because of the state’s security situation, claiming that the suspension had nothing to do with the state’s security situation.

According to the report, Uba postponed the campaign because he was angry that President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) had refused to attend the rally, and there was no indication that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would as well.

Soludo said, “The APC purported candidate has been running away from the good people of Anambra State for weeks because he is afraid of his own shadow in the state.

“Uba is very afraid of Anambra people, the very people he wants to rule by all means.

“His fear of ndi Anambra borders on phobia because of what he has done to the state since his days in the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration when the state witnessed the abduction of the sitting governor and his so-called resignation from office.

“The forced movement of the governor to the Okija shrine in the dead of the night to swear an oath of critical and perpetual allegiance to a tiny clique of so-called godfathers, and the mayhem of November 2003, are part of the reason he doesn’t want to meet the people.”

“Uba’s inability to hold rallies springs from his growing unpopularity and outright rejection not only by the people of Anambra State but also by top members of his own party, including President Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige – who is the APC founder in the state – and National Inland Waterways Authority chief executive, George Moghalu.

“After all, Professor Soludo, who was attacked on March 31 in his hometown of Isuofia in Aguata Local Government Area is holding huge rallies all over the state, touring two local government areas daily, together with the fearless Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano.”