Real Reason Soludo Attacked Ubah

Is Senator Ifeanyi Ubah assuming the unenviable position as one of the most attacked individuals in the country? This is the question currently on the lips of his friends and foes alike.

Since he built a reputation as a businessman and a politician, Ubah has been confronted with one battle or the other, facing challenges that would ordinarily consume a lily-livered. Yet the more they try to bury him, the more he sprouts like a seed in a well-fertile land. He keeps proving to his detractors that he is indeed a cat with more than nine lives.

The senator that represents Anambra South in the red chamber is yet in another battle with the Anambra State governor, Charles Soludo over a matter that could be considered insignificant.

According to reports, Soludo suspended Igwe Damian Ezeani, the traditional ruler of Neni in Anaocha Local Government Area when the Igwe conferred a chieftaincy title on Ubah. Soludo claimed that the code of conduct for traditional rulers in Anambra does not permit conferment outside the domain of the conferrer, claiming that Igwe Ezeani cannot lawfully confer a chieftaincy title on Ubah without permission from the traditional monarch of Nnewi, where Ubah hails from.

However, a source revealed to us that the issue actually goes beyond the chieftaincy brouhaha but a political war for the soul of Anambra. The source hinted further that it is a known fact that Ubah is nursing the ambition of becoming the number one citizen of the state in the next governorship election.

“Senator Ubah’s growing influence in the state and across the country is fast becoming a threat to his political opponents, so the governor is not comfortable with this, hence the unwarranted attack,’’ the source said.

Society Watch gathered that the senator, who recently defected to the All Progressives Party (APC), is one of the most popular and influential contenders for the 2025 governorship election. He also boasts of a heavy financial war chest.