Metuh warns Arthur Eze against joining the ‘political punditry’ of the Soludos
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
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“I do not know who will win the 2023 elections but it will definitely not be determined by the usual political crowd who are paid to attend rallies.
“Check your family, check your domestic staff, check those gainfully employed and fully engaged in public and private employs; they do not attend rallies but they will surely vote.
“Let the candidates focus on voters not professional rally attendees.”
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Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh has criticised Arthur Eze for his take on Peter Obi and counselled him to steer clear of “political punditry” that can “lead [him] to infamy and public opprobrium.”
Metuh bared his mind in a Facebook post after Eze on Monday distanced himself from the Aso Rock quest of Obi and exposed his preference for Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Atiku has told Ndigbo twice to their face that an Igbo can only be President after his own tenure.
“I warned Peter Obi to withdraw from this race but he would not listen. I told him plainly that I am not part of his plans. I told him to drop his ambition, and wait for next time,” Eze, the traditional ruler of Ukpo in Anambra, said.
“When he told me about his ambition, I asked him the states he thinks he can win in the west and in the north, he told me; but I was not convinced. I told him he cannot win; so that he would not waste his time and money.”
Eze made the comment in the presence of Anambra Governor Charles Soludo, traditional rulers, women groups, and other prominent Anambrarians.
Soludo last month downplayed Obi’s achievements while he was Anambra Governor and floated his own theory of how Obi cannot win the Villa race.
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Metuh warns Eze not to play God
Metuh cautioned Eze not to join “political punditry” to make certain categorical statements because he is not God and should not play God.
“My dear Prince, God has blessed you for decades, you have acquired untold riches and unimaginable wealth. Calm down and do not allow political punditry to lead you to infamy and public opprobrium,” he wrote on Facebook, per The PUNCH.
“Some of us are now non-partisan and will no longer make public comments on our political choices but then, we are not expected to make certain categorical statements. For indeed, no man is God and no man should attempt to play the Almighty role.
“In 2008, I was rejected by all the Anambra power brokers and yet won my election as National Vice Chairman of PDP.
“In 2012, every major political powerhouse in Anambra fought me and I still won and became the National Publicity Secretary.
“In the 2013 repeat convention, they ganged up and even attempted to use the court to stop me but God still gave me victory at the convention ground.
Paying and bussing crowd to rallies
“This year, they said he [Obi] has no structure, they said he has no money, they said he’s not known outside of Anambra State; now, they say he has no crowd in his rallies.
“I do not know who will win the 2023 elections but it will definitely not be determined by the usual political crowd who are paid to attend rallies.
“Check your family, check your domestic staff, check those gainfully employed and fully engaged in public and private employs; they do not attend rallies but they will surely vote. Let the candidates focus on voters not professional rally attendees.
“Finally, please let all the mini Amadiohas in our land campaign for their candidates and leave that poor man alone.”