ANDY UBA LIED AT ANAMBRA GOVERNORSHIP DEBATE OF MAKING SOLUDO CBN GOVERNOR…

By Christian ABURIME

Though it is their stock in trade, Senator Andy Uba, the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate took the art of “lying and propaganda” to an embarrassing level when he deceitfully claimed to have been instrumental to making Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo CBN Governor during the Anambra governorship debate, in Awka, Anambra State.

The true version of the matter, according to a release by the Soludo Media Office, signed by Mr Joe Anatune, revealed that Soludo never knew Andy Uba nor heard of him until about three months after Soludo joined government as Chief Economic Adviser and Chief Executive of National Planning Commission during the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

The release stated categorically that it was Dr Oby Ezekwesili who introduced the duo to each other after a morning prayer session at the Presidential Villa.

The release further stated that they only occasionally said hello to each other whenever Andy attended morning prayers which often was rare.

It noted that Soludo was part of the 15 or so members of the Morning Prayer group and part of the president’s trusted inner team who met President Obasanjo from Monday to Saturday, every week.

It further said that President Obasanjo is alive and his testimonial about Soludo and why he appointed him CBN Governor are public knowledge.

The release described Uba as a serial liar who forgot that President Obasanjo is still alive.

“It is pitiable that a man who spent 16 years in both presidency and the senate with absolutely nothing to show for it will only resort to dropping the names of every prominent member of President Obasanjo’s government as having been facilitated by him. Is this inferiority complex or what?” The release further queried.

Concluding, the release advised Andy Uba to focus on trying to pick the pieces of his crumbled campaign, adding that “if dropping Soludo’s name as his CV makes him feel complete, we would ask Prof Soludo to please oblige him.”