Soludo’s father kidnapped

...and the music begins to play.

they should check chris uba's house!

A typical dance of the forests!

Really

lol

Myke, dat funny...

Well ordinary Nigerians get kidnapped everyday. Am sure he knows his dad's kidnap has more to do with the internal wranglings in PDP....his nomination without due consultation and process. It's a family/party affair. My only prayer is that they dont harm the oldman or cause him some distress.

LOL @ check Chris Uba's house!

This kidnapping "business" is getting out of hand. It is time something is done about it.

Marginalisation! Marginalisation ! Marginalisation ! my foot. We Igbos can't even show ourselves some civility and put the interest of the people over our own and yet we scream of Marginalisation. Bull. That aside. Soludo should have seen this coming and as a learned man, he should have been the one in the position to educate his party men on the need to maintain democratic standards. Instead he joined in subverting the same democracy because it served his interest. He became a benefactor of a different kind of elitism (the one that confers privileges based on educational status, power and name recognition) that is distinct from but also reproduces the same sensibility as the usual moneybag elite phenomenon. Now the rattle snakes they let out of the cage are acting out. Soludo should relinquish the position PDP elite handed to him and work with others to organise a free and fair election where he will try to win fair and square if his status and personality are attractive to the people.

@ Mike lol...I think this kidnapping is really getting out of hand the Federal Government should do something about it or are they waiting for the number one citizen to be kidnapped?

Do I see poetic justice here? Perhaps PDP will be bold enough to confront its demons and tame its monsters now that the father of "The Chosen" is the victim.

yes o make dem check Uba dem house.

igbo kwe...enyimba enyi..igbo kwe igbo kwe enyimba enyi....damn i just cannot help but love the eboes...please guys do not ever think of leaving nigeria....we would be lost without you....

I HAVE IT ON CONCRETE AUTHORITY THAT HIS DAD WOULD BE RELEASED UNHARMED IF HE STEPS DOWN HIS AMBITION TO CONTEST THE ANAMBRA GUBER...PDP PROPOSES THE BOYS DISPOSES!

I said it before and I ll say it again, security of life and property should be made a priority. The ordinary citizens are left at the mercy of these hoodlums. The police is ill-trained and ill-equipped to handle the situayion

Those who make equity, justice, dialogue and fair-play impossible will only leave room for force and voilence. lets get back to the root of the matter, maybe charles will remember where he took his bath and that will help him find his wrapper.

@ Uchenna Ogbonna: The kidnapping business is suddenly getting out of hand because the victim is Soludo's father? I didnt know that the kidnapping of other Nigerians and foreigners in the Delta by PDP's "homegrown thugs" was not important.

Why should Andy Uba be accused just shows the kind of people we are. Check Soludo himself he needs to back out of the race Kidnappers want to share his loot. Can't have it all by himself

He has joined the gangstars, so let him play by their rules. Chris Uba's house....classic!

Chris Uba and Co. what do you have to say? I hope SOludo did not set this up.

I thought as much it's a pity.I felt 4 d innocent old man.

the strong politcian of anambra should be hold responsable and is a sign to sulodo

SOLUDO, THE TASK NEVER SEEMED EASY BUT THE GOAL CANNOT BE SWAYED, TRIALS WILL ABOUND BUT THE WICKED MUST NEVER KNOW JOY....ALUTA CONTINUA..VICTORY ACERTA!!!

I thought as much it's a pity.I felt 4 d innocent old man.

What can i say. It's vry funy

Cowardice! you can't beat the guy politically so you resort to kidnapping. these are the mafia Soludo haters want to give Anambra state to. Sorry haters! it is not going to happen. Soludo is going to be the governor of Anambra State whether you guys like it or not.

it is not 'surprising'.....

I WAS ABSOLUTELY APPALLED AFTER READING SOME OF THE COMMENTS FOLLOWING THIS SAD STORY. NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT ABSOLUTELY. SUCH A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR ANYONE TO GO THROUGH, NO MATTER WHOSE FAMILY.... SAD SAD SAD! WISH THE FAMILY VICTORY OVERCOMING SUCH TRAUMA.

I CONSIDER THE SITUATION TOTALLY HILARIOUS...IF YOU SLEEP WITH DOGS, EXPECT A VISIT FROM TICKS...DIS NO BE BANK BUSINESS...DIS IS POLITICS ALA ANAMBRA, WHEN THE COME COMES TO BECOME..ONLY THOSE WHOM THE BAKASSI BOYS ANOINT WOULD STAND UP...

Soludo please step down,politics is not do or die affair,u don make money enough,i just pity the old man,please do not allow the old man to suffer for your sins

now the kidnappers are getting it right!!!!!

Fix the country and the kidnappings or "relativesnapping" will stop. If equity and justice reigned in Nigeria the will be no peoplenapping." All the looters in our nation have created a society that can no longer sustain their greed. Any society that has such a huge lower class and a non existent middle class can only breed kidnappers. Having said that if u are a kidnapper and u are reading this shame on you. You deserve to rot in hell. Like wise if u are a looter shame on you too...actually I could go on to say if you are a man/woman that does not live by good ethics then shame on you too

Is this what politics in Nigeria has gotten to? PDP imposes but the people challenges. This kidnapping has gone too far. It needs to be nipped,but where is the bud? It's already blossomed into a tree.

SHAME to Chris Uba and his boys!!!

What a shame, we have now lost all respect for the elders. This is the price we pay for PDP's mismanagment of Nigeria. No matter whose father he is, he deserves respect in his old age and nobody deserves to be held hostage. This is appalling, my prayer is with the family.

If a sitting governor could be abducted in a broad day light, what else can't happen? In Anambra state of Nigeria, Nothing shall be impossible. Guess Soludo should have known that anyone who sells a sandy product should expect to be paid with stones as money. Anambrarians....hmmmmm, I dey sad for you guys oooooo

Sorry, I just remember there is no respect for old age in Iboland......Respect is clearly defined by affluence irrespective of the source. So sad reaaly

when the fathers eat sour grapes the teeth of the children are set on edge. now it's the other way round! LET THE SON SHARE THE LOOT. AFTER ALL SHARING IS CARING, ABI?

OVERTAKE DON OVERTAKE OVERTAKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

now soe people here are using the kidnap of an innocent old man to make political comments,instead of addressing the matter @ hand.i bet most of you stay outside nigeria and don't really know what goes on daily here.he issue of soludo not being deocratically elected within his party is wht i call the real poetic jusitce justice.yes,the people complaining of the process are doing so because they were beaten in their own game.when this internal selection started,they didn't stand up against it,now it's their turn,they r screaming like pigs.it is always good to speak out against evil at point of being committed and not when it doesn't favour us...

ANAMBRA,is 4 mafia's so solo give way 4 them. but just wait, where is POLICE coz the other day i was going to p/h from Asaba it was more then 100 checking piont. But remember kidnapping is no longer news in anambra ur former state gor in d person Chris was once been kidnapped. It's a family/party affair.P D P

THIS IS NOT KIDNAPPING IT'S PAPANAPPING/FATHERNAPPING. ADVANCED FORM OF KIDNAPPING. I SEE THESE GUYS NOT RELEASEING THIS OLD MAN UNTILL SOLU SOLU STEPS DOWN AND OUT OF ANAMBRA POLITICS. HE CA DO WELL AT MINISTERIAL OR ANY OTHER NATIONAL LEVEL NOT AT THE HOT-SPOT OF NIGERIAN POLITICS CALLED ANAMBRA

Seriously, soludo has got to take a final decision on his do or die quest for power. EVEN OTHER ASPIRANTS TOO!

He is perceived to have a lot of money. After all he offered 35m each to his co-aspirants to step down for him. The boys want to get their share. That's all. He will shed some of the excess that he accumulated as CBN Governor. Poor old man. A case of sins of the son visited on the father

The Kidnappers only want there own cut of the "polymer" it enough to go round now abi? and by the way politices is a DiRty game in Nigheria

This is unfair.

Soludo, welcome to Nigeria!

As sad as conditions elsewhere are, the worst place for politics, or anything else for that matter, or is Anambra!

Twos issues for me. One, i hope this was cleverly planned by the igbos. If so, i will they still have some dignity after all, and have not completely sold their souls for money. Secondly, i'd like to congratulate the kidnappers. Yes, get these thieves and their families. Their greed and impunity with which the rob, thereby causing the death of nigeriamh everyday, means their shop should be visited on their children and their parents. Hopefully, it will make these corrupt politicians accountable.

this is really not a funny situation at all....why are people "LOL"(LAUGHING OUT LOUD)...THIS IS SERIOUS...NIGERIA WHERE ARE WE HEADING TO?.....JUST TOO BAD!!!!!!!...soludo should pls remove his hands from this dirty game called politics....all the money he made from the banking sector...he should go and rest ..what is he looking for again in life?....power, power, power.....see am now!!!!!!!!

one action out of many, the drama may just have started...God can this be the same State Zik, Okadigbo and others struggled to create? Let the youth beware!

PDP is not about to get away with dis one.

Frankly appalled at so many (supposedly educated) people here justifying the barbarism of kidnapping of an innocent old man who should be enjoying his old age in his own village, and others associating such savagery with "equity and justice" while yet others label the heinous criminals involved as representing "the people". I am beginning to suspect that the quality of Nigeria's crude leadership and political class is broadly reflective of the generality of Nigerians and accordingly that Nigerians probably truly deserve the leadership (or is it rulership?) that it has.

good 4 d greedy fool(professor of economics) he is not even ashame of himself seeing what sanusi the new cbn governor is doing flushing out those that needed 2 be flushed out of the system, sanitizing the banking system.I will advise that professor of economics to go back to class room I think his students are missing him already than politics.we need results not economic terms and big big grammar.

@ DAVE: co-sign. Whether it is Emeka Offor-Mbadinuju or Ngige-Chris Uba, Anambra State politics seems to have a crudely mercantile and vicious edge to it. And that's saying something in Nigeria.

Kidnapping is now the game in Nigeria. Do we have security in this country. Nigerian police can only humiliate innocent citizens while the criminals are free to deliver speech in some sensitive gathering. Technology has grown wide for the nation like Nigeria to afford the e-Security system. Most of our central areas need to installed with surveillance or closed circuit TV as so on to reduce the rate of criminology and to maintain a global security consciousness but the question is; is it going to work with our epileptic power supply? We really have long way to go

Wat a world...soludo should thnk right now.

It was the aspirants who went to court to get an injunction against holding a PDP state congress in Anambra State (with very little time left to beat INEC's deadline for the submission of candidates) that truncated any hopes of anything resembling a democratic nomination process for the Anambra PDP governorship candidate, so I am unsure why some comments are heaping the blame upon Soludo. Hopefully, these sorts of brutish criminal acts will not deter quality aspirants in Nigeria (including Soludo) from politics and public office, and thereby confine our collective fate and respective futures to sundry criminals, area boys and their sponsors and godfathers. God help us all in this Nigeria.

The kidnappers should have 'Adultnap' Chukwuma himself until after the election is over instead of 'Adultnapping' Charles' Old Man. I want the Kidnapper to ask for the 'Debtor' Chukwuma Charles Soludo's Head in ramson. God Bless Nigeria

I'll suggest we don't fall 4 dis. Who says Soludo could not have instigated d kidnap so as to get d public's sympathy? Na Nija we deh oooooooooooooooooooooo! Hun!

Our humanity in Nigeria is almost lost! A country where a clearly corrupt party(PDP), with corrupt leaders(BODE GEORGE & CO) can be the majority with no one crying crazy foul is filled with educated cowards. We all know this party does not mean well yet we sit back and do nothing. As much as i do not support the kidnap, it is note worthy that Soludo to us became like the party he purpotedly joined three years ago whilst still in office, got selected through crazy means. A party where James Ibori a convicted criminal used in becoming Governor and has not been arrested yet by the powers that be, a party where former governor igbenideon was said to have stole 50bn but was said to pay 50m fine and had the guts to have his daugthers wedding on National television a wk or two later(NTA) is definately a park of wolves in wolve clothing. As long as nigerians keep quiet, so will the day of our redemption be pushed forward. You may ask what you should do? Be on your knees praying or on the streets saying. God bless Nigeria!

@ Adis.The Igboman has proved over time and beyond all doubts to be his biggest problem. Ignorance (not lack of education or schooling) and greed is perhaps at it's peak in this part of the country. IKEKETEORIE with no regard for the next man or public interest is the name of the game here. How else do you explain the 8 year looting of the Abia coffers by Orji Kalu, the filthy and directionless 8 year tenure of Achike Udenwa in Imo State, the violent and brazen rape of state resources by Nnamani and Mbadinuju in Enugu and Anambra and the cutting off of Ngige's (a guy that seemed to make sence) tenure by his kinsmem. Are the above listed Hausas or Yorubas? How else do you explain the underdevelopment of cities like Aba, Umuahia, Nkalagu, Onitsha; cities tha otherwise have the potential of economic power. The East has all it takes to rule the world. The Gordian Ezekwes, the Ezekeil Izuogus, Damian Anyanwus and the Philip Emeagwalis are a testimony to this. Do a people get the leadership they deserve? May GOD save us from our GREED and LUST FOR QUICK MONEY.

HA! Ha!! Ha!!! The sounds begin again. Man has become beast,man has become prey! Dem don come again ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I beg to disagree with the writer that there is no respect for old man in ibo land. We see lack of respect for the aged playing out every where in this country. Depravity does not know culture, race or colour. I believe Nigeria will flourish again.

Mini Mani Mo.......Chris Uba or Andy Uba....whose act is this? Mini mani mo...whichever way the culprit is an UBA!

Yes, they should check Chris Uba's house, one day he will kidnapp the President!

Sins of the son now being visited on the father? Sad.

This is ridiculous! I thought kidnapping ended with the surrender of arms?Ok, now it is moving to Anambra.It is no longer a weapon to get huge ransom from oil companies,but a weapon for politicians to actualize their aims.I hope Yaradua will work on them to also surrender arms so that by 2011 all politicians'mothers,fathers,wives,children and entire families will not be kidnapped for political seats. Soludo should not panic,they are just welcoming him to the club. Pls be strong ok?

Lwkmd...Omo...naija don turn something else o...its bad enough that foreigners are kidnapped, now we're kidnapping our own...lol..make Soludo sef free dis politics game-period!!!

Only in Nigeria but I can’t help wondering – could the PDP have orchestrated this kidnap in order to garner the sympathy vote - I won’t put it passed them or have some of the militants who lost out on the amnesty bonanza moved their trade to Anambra? I pray the old man, an innocent party in all this political shenanigans, is released unharmed.

And the beat goes on...........

Sad as the story is - grape vine has it that Soludo in his quick fix solutions has given huge sums to others to consolidate his nomination. If the kidnappers are seeking for a way to get their own share who will you blame? Naija we hail thee! The turn around Nigeria needs will come when each one (Heavy wieghts/Big/Small/Ordinary/Poor/Down trodden etc) purposes to do that which is right for the sake that it is just and right. Righteousness exalts or lifts up a Nation.

@Andy:well said.And this is indeed,extremely hilarious!I feel no pity whatsoever for Soludo's father.Where was he when his son was ruining this country's banking sector?what did he say when his son stole the PDP governorship ticket?Like someone said,if u sleep with dogs,be ready to be visited by ticks."Train up a son in the way he should go..."

Dis is not fair, I wonder what d old man must have done to deserve being kidnapped, I beleive soludo knows what to do in order to get his dad out of this mess, he may not even do well in governing a state as much as he did in CBN, so be wiseeeeeeee!!!!!!!

Chris Ubah and Andy Ubah should be immediately arrested and this whole circus happening in Anambra will end. This mess is not about PDP, its the Ubah brothers not allowing the PDP and by extension Nigerian politics to move forward. We have to show them that Anambra is bigger than Ubah brothers. This is a battle of will, the PDP and the good people of Anambra must not give up to terrorism.

@ Spritual, are any of the other parties better than PDP? Are any of the states governed by non-PDP governors any less corrupt or any better-run (with arguably the exception of Lagos, but where the criminal Tinubu held sway for 8 years)? Unfortunately, we Nigerians just love to be distracted by shadow-chasing.

THE GAME HAS BEGUN,MORE TO COME.

It is now the kidnappers are doing the real thing. If Charles Soludo can give his fellow contestants in the Governorship race N34 million each to step down for him (as speculated), let the kidnappers demand trillions of naira for the release of his father, he well to do, the money is there, afterall he did not suffer for it. Up you the kidnappers.

This is not new. PDP will always say its an in house matter and should not go to court to get justice. Can any NGO drag PDP to court for 1. That 70% of security problems is caused by PDP internal matters that spill over the society. 2. Their dark rooms constitution that the courts can't reach for justice should contain their matters and don't blame security. 3. That the police should prosecute all the cases that PDP Governors will brand political, am the chief security officer and withdraw to PDP State offices for settlement. 4. Let the courts probe their finances and financiers. I strongly feel the looted funds in this country and CBN exchanges are tracable PDP dark rooms were you can't get justice. Just start the proposal and make contacts available and see revealing contributions.

An Ibo proverb say 'He who fetches ant infested firewood should expect visit from the lizard' Soludo my brother you see am now! I have alway adored and admired your person, wanted to be like you when I grow up; but now I am thinking differently You missed it all when you choose the the wrong development programme by not only by joining politics but of all places in Anambra State. You would have been better off playing the politics of world Economics ala world bank. Poor old papa, bros make una treat papa nicely oooooo I take God beg.

It looks like the objective of the kidnappers is not ransome money. But what makes them think kidnapping Soludo's old man would make Soludo rethink his gubernatorial ambition?

This is what i wrote yestarday inter alia:Soludo please listen to the voice of reason, run for your dear life.Dont run for this election. Your life is too precious to be wasted by these wolves. Anambra state is too small and too hot for you.Nigerians still need your intelectual prowess. Just take what is happening now as an act of God and throw in the towel. And today look at what is happening to your father.Kinapping of a 78 years old man, its not a do or die affair.And governorship of anambra state is not worth this trouble and risk as i know they will eventually frustrate you. you dont know what will happen next,Soludo please RUN for your precious life NOW.

Sorry for the old man. Charles should ask Mr. Ngige where he was kept during his own time, maybe his father is there too.

the kidnappers really dont need bare their demand. it stands to reason what they want,& for soludo to submit to that, its his[& others]business.But the kidnappers do mean 'bussiness.'

What a Shame to PDP, if the executive had allowed the primary to take place, The Old man wont have been in this mess. I hope it will serve as a lesson to all who want power at all cost. My advice to Mr. Charles is just to withdraw from the race for the sake of his family

Those who are behind this kidnapping will be kidnap too. For it written: Those who live by the sword dies by the sword. If you sponsor kidnapping today, you will definitely be affected tomorrow. All those politicians created the game, let them dance to tune of the "acrobatic jinguism". When you loot our treasury, you will pay in different direction. It could be by stress, cash or both. Mr. Soludo is just being welcomed to the club of Great ploticians.

Well, me I have said that Soludo should have sat down and peacefully enjoyed the GOOD NAME he made/built while serving the nation as the Governor of CBN before, they will messmerise him. Now, they have kidnapped an elderly father of illustrious son of Anambra State and Nigeria Pa Soludo!. ‘Biko’,kidnappers, release the poor man in the name of God, he has nothing to do with it. God will reward you as you do so. Amen.

Just Kidnapping for anything.Even if we have little arguments in the office or elsewhere,Old Father/Mother,Wife and Children are not save.Federal Government should sit up.Amnesty programme is just around the corner.

The various comments (many of which are totally unsympathetic to the plight of the old man) show that as Nigerians we have been de-sensitized to evil. Our senses are assaulted day-in and day-out by stories of corrupt politicians and government officials getting away with their corrupt deeds; looters on the pages of newspapers (and their weekend inserts) spending lavishly, money they didn't earn legitimately; tales of stupendous acquisitions by fools and fraudsters. No wonder we no longer have any sympathy when things like this happen to one of them! The worst part is that this de-humanization means we run the risk of unfortunately becoming like them - "animals in human skin", ala Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

an old man can not have peace at his age God help PDP

Just Kidnapping for anything.Even if we have little arguments in the office or elsewhere,Old Father/Mother,Wife and Children are not save.Federal Government should sit up.Amnesty programme is just around the corner.

OOOOh noooooooooooh. This is wickedness. Pls release the old man.We must not visit the sin of PDP/Soludo on a helpless old man.May THE AMIGHTY ALLAH touch the hearts of the kidnappers to release the man

Well, me I have said that Soludo should have sat down and peacefully enjoyed the GOOD NAME he made/built while serving the nation as the Governor of CBN before, they will messmerise him. Now, they have kidnapped an elderly father of illustrious son of Anambra State and Nigeria Pa Soludo!. ‘Biko’,kidnappers, release the poor old man in the name of God, he has nothing to do with it. God will reward you as you do so. Amen. Uncle Soludo, if your name is anything to go by, it means God knows, Follow Peace. Follow my advice, follow peace and bow out of Anambra politics, if the so called chieftains in PDP love you so much, they will definetly offer you a respectable ministerial position afterwards. Swallow pride, and stay clear! 'Ndi Igbo si na, ezi afa ka ego'. Don't allow them to dig you up for nothing. You have made name, you've money, so be thankful for these and steer claer!

Its a sorry and pathetic case

The petty talk by a lot of people who try to paint an act of criminality as something acceptable for whatever flimsy and irrational reasons is appalling. It goes to buttress the fact that such people, like those Nigerians who beat traffic light or abuse office, steal envelopes from government/corporate organisations' stationery stores, etc trully need their head to be examined. They are clear cases of either psychosis or neurosis

Our father, who art in heaven halloweth be thy name.....Nigeria prays for the Soludo Family

Nna na wao, why Ibo man ting dey always different like dis, why by force, by force tings dey quick ibo man to do, why e dey hard dem to fit stand together. Una no respect una self, no body go ever respect or trust una, after we go begin sing song of marginalization and abandonment. when you put finger for ya own eye, wetin you expect your neighbor to do, when you tell you neighbor say ya brother na hyena, weting you tink say go happen make una return di ol'man ooooo, dis una PDP dance no concern the baba.

Soludo liver go don soft now, I sure say im go don know wetin to do and who to talk to. But I hail Anambra, dis na di wondaful land where politicaly motivated kidnapping dey happen like say SWAT team for yankee go arrest big criminal and the matter no dey ever reach court case level. I winda why.

The best thing that ever happen in Nigeria is kidnapping, THERE SHOULD BE MORE AND MORE OF TI.Public money is like fire, if your touch it, you should be burnt .This is the only way the corrupt practices in NIGERIA can be it least checked.WE NEED MORE KIDNAPPING IN EVERY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.We also need Nigeria 'Jerry Rawling'.Men I am so happy to read about these episode. Keep up boys!

The kidnapping of an old man is a symbol of the desperation of those who seek public offices in Nigeria. The act is nothing but a sponsored plot to intimidate Soludo out of Anambra State guber race. The perpetrators believe if they get the PDP guber ticket, it amounts to being a governor.It's a shame.

The kidnappers are wicked ooo. Why not kidnap Soludo Jr. instead of Soludo Sr? If Soludo was the one taken away I doubt if many people would care as much as this. Please, they should let Baba Soludo go and carry the former CBN boss away; at least for a week but they should not KILL him ooo. Soludo Jr. has offended too many Anambrians. It is pay back time. He who has many to make others unhappy must see pepper!

A Do or Die syndrome? That was a good advice from OBJ the initiator.

I don’t want to believe that Anambra is the problem the Igbo Land has. Are they? I believe and rightly too that it’s high time the Prominent Sons and Daughters of the Igbo Race intervene in the too much ‘drama’ in Anambra State, hence; it’s becoming embarrassing to the entire Igbo People. Have we forgotten the saying in our Beloved Igbo Land that says and I quote “when one finger touches oil, it spreads to the others”.

They should allow Soludo, please Anambra people give him a chance, is it because he dosen't want to have you people as Godfather? he is the best candidate because he can sponsor himself. He will not use the states, quota to repay, settle or share with his Godfather.

Oga Soludo, the money wea u get never do u or u never make name, abi we tin u dey find wea de old man de suffer because of u. Abi u no get shame 4 ur head?

@Ikechukwu, I pity ur generation. all U pro Soludo, PDP n kidnappers. I pity u! Soludo- u ve been advised to remember where u took ur bath to help u find ur wrapper. PDP proposes, d boys disposes. PDP- ur problem is disturbin if u can't take d heat get out of d kitchen

...hmmm, this is typical ANABRARIAN disease. Kidnap baba Soludo? When will Anambra State stop dragging ndi Igbo to the dust bin just because of money? In which other state did PDP have this problem of contending with over 43 gubernatorial theives (aspirants). Anambra peoples love for money is worse than Judas Iscariot's own. Ndi Igbo are praying for you to repent or perish.....

There is no point joining issues with some of the meaningless jargons against Prof. Soludo above. Rather, I send him my solidarity and sincere goodwill. Soludo, please do not let anyone dampen your resolve to rescue your fatherland (Anambra) from the rogue Godfathers.

Just yesterday i wrote inter alia: Soludo please listen to the voice of reason, run for your dear life.Dont run for this election. Your life is too precious to be wasted by these wolves. Anambra state is too small and too hot for you.Nigerians still need your intelectual prowess. Just take what is happening now as an act of God and throw in the towel. Soludo please RUN for your precious life.Anambra governorship is not worth the struggle. Imagine kidnapping a 78 years old man who was shot in the eye in 2006. is it worth the risk.Just throw in the towel. This may be the beginning greater attacks that may eventually snuff life out you and ANAMBRA will still be there with wahala.

Really unfortunate. The kidnapping has much if not everything to do with PDP - Papa Deceive Pikin or has it turned to Pikin Deceive Papa. Soludo should know if he has not known how to rescue the old man. My only pity goes to the Old man who must be passing through stress. Well, some of the kidnappers are kind and respectful like my Yoruba brother, and I pray they are.

you are just starting

Reaping the fruits of bad governance. Boyz are jobless, boys will look for activities to keep em busy such as kidnapping which by the way is very lucrative. A pity

Aha - Do or die! It would appear that the democratisation of violence was the only dividend that we have received.

AM IN SUPPORT OF THE KIDNAP.......BUT NOT THE OLD MAN SOLUDO SHUD BE THE ORIGINAL VICTIM. ANYWAY THE GUY SHUD GO AND CHECK D UBA'S APARTMENT

Why now,why join the poor old man in the ever dirty Anambra politics

THIS KIDNAPPING WAS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO KIDNAPPED A SITTING GOVERNOR IN ANAMBRA WHERE NOT PROSECUTED AND JAILED, ITS TIME TO CONFRONT THIS CRIMINAL POLITICAL GANG HOLDING FORTE IN ANAMBRA, WE KNOW THEM... WE NEED TO ELIMINATE THEM

THATS COOL!!!

We may all be joking abt kidnapping bt those who have gone thru it wud say otherwise.. And 4 an elderly? What a shameful act. And if it isnt curbed it may spread 2 d ordinary man. If soludo steps dwn, his opponents wud av succeeded,thus saving his father from hardship. If he refuses,it means it is a do or die affair.. Either way,PDP should av allowed a simple electn and saved us all d drama. Sorry pa soludo,perhaps u may have told him nt 2 contest..bt he didnt take 2 ur advice? May God deliver us from d Pdp.

We may all be joking abt kidnapping bt those who have gone thru it wud say otherwise.. And 4 an elderly? What a shameful act. And if it isnt curbed it may spread 2 d ordinary man. If soludo steps dwn, his opponents wud av succeeded,thus saving his father from hardship. If he refuses,it means it is a do or die affair.. Either way,PDP should av allowed a simple electn and saved us all d drama. Sorry pa soludo,perhaps u may have told him nt 2 contest..bt he didnt take 2 ur advice? May God deliver us from d Pdp.

heyaaa!!!...is this some kind of propaganda to divert our attention from the issues that befell him before this MAJOR issue... our government is fond of covering up their corrupt practices by forging bigger issues...I believe soluso's dad will miraculously reappear soonest with some strange fictions.

I think this complete wickedness, why punish an old man 4 something he know nothing about. I believe the kidnappers will die young as they`ll never see such age which the old man has attend

Very wrong political move. kidnapping the old man will only make Soludo more likely to win and gain more support from well meaning Nigerians. Whoever or group harshed and carried out the plan has lost the battle. The law enforcement agents(The SSS) should immediately arrest the key political opponents of Prof. Soludo and make them realise they may be awaiting trial while election would be concluded in Anambra State and the Governor sworn-in. It's obvious these politicians know who the kidnappers are and where to locate them. The kidnappers should be trailed not just in neighbouring Anambra states but also in far aways states like Bayelsa, Delta, Rivers or even Kaduna State.

its high time we the good people of the state takes our destiny in our hands... Bakasi boys is the only solution to incessant kidnappings.

Political Consolidation Kawai! Chikena.

what on earth is Soludo doing by allowing himself to be enmassed in Anambra politics,why do we find it difficult to be responsible and quit when the ovation is high,a renouned economics and,consultant and visting lecture in many universitiesw of the world who should concentrate in research work,seek world bank,IMF appointments and remain relevant in world economic matters,does he forget so soon the El-Rufais,Ribadus,could he not have learnt and toe the steps of Okonjo-Iweala,Ezekwesili and co?he should expect more frustration and dishonour in Anambra politics the earlier he shield pride and ego and withdraws,the best for him

Chris Uba and co. must realize that politics is not for small-minded men. Scoring political points has nothing to do with joining a member of a political opponent's family in a political difference. If the FG is serious about security in the country especially with regards to kidnapping, the situation in Anambra State should play a good case study and serve as deterrent to anyone who may be nursing these ill and wicked plan come 2011. Electoral reform must start with the political elites first and endorsed by the National Assembly.

"Son my life is over, but your's just begun... you have a dream and a vision within you, though the road may be tough as usual but listen son, sometimes you have to fight when you're a man. Never give up on your dream"

The party planned a state congress and the same Uba and co went to court to stop the congress. The Constitution allows for nomination of candidate since a party would have to present a candidate for election or risk exclusion. PDP nominated Soludo, pending the setting aside of the order for congress or primaries to be conducted. All Mr. Uba and Co needed to do was not to fight Mr. Soludo or the Party but to join hands with the party to withdraw all litigations to enable primaries to be conducted and then fight to upturn the nomination of Mr. Soludo using the Polymer Naira note scandal and then the recent Sanusi led banking revolution to indict him.

Yes, what goes around come around, if u pull the tail of the lion it is sure to turn and strike back. I've been begging for these kidnappers to stop attacking the average nigerians or the rich nigerians who are trying to make nigeria work, but instead attack the 5000 strong and elite men who use our resouces for their selffish gains with no remorse. The old man could be innocent for all we know but if u dance with the devil u deserve hell. I hope they deal with him and inturn drive soludo mad. I hope they amplify this form of kidnapping to all levels of government and attack the rich and power politicians. Let them know what we as nigerian people have felt for decades. Let them mourn like the average nigerian mother mourned cos her son could not recieve simply health care for a preventable disease like malaria. Because he couldnt raise the fund to send his daughter to school. Because she prostituted her self to raise funds for her education. Yes, what goes around comes around, U cant blow a hole in the boat and stand at its highest peak and not expect to drown soon. Kidnapping in nigeria has become a billion Dollar business and this is a fact. Nice try Vice city, go grand theft somebodies elses country. Le jui son fey gentlemen, thanks for playing each other.

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I am not surprised at all. They once kidnapped their Governor and nothing happened. If only the kidnappers will continue to kidnap the politicians their masters and leave the poor masses alone since the people in authority do not mind about this kidnap issue. It is a shame on this government. Its ashame on the leaders. They know about it and seem to be enjoying it as a weapon otherwise how can it go on and on unchallenged. Don't mind them. If only Soludo knows what he is worth he wouldn't have let himself be drag into the dirty deals of politicians who have come to mess him up. Soludo you are better of without politics. I mourn your choice.

Soludo hold on to God. Take things easy. Okey? Mc. Wisdom

Hear this - it is all going according to plan. Who ever told you that the kidnappers are not from the PDP themselves probably Prof Soludo's camp. Now consider this - the father was kidnapped in order to justify arresting majority of opponents who are then clamped into detention pending investigation and they get to remain there while the elections are conducted or they are released a few days to the elections when - surprise, surprise - Father Soludo mysteriously appears and explains that he suffers from amnesia and cannot conviniently remember who or what happened to him. Opponents who are released before the elections are thus unable to contest against Soludo thus making elections for Soludo a walk over. The aggrieved opponents are settled with contracts, positions e.t.c and no one talks about the kidnap anymore. Just take a minute to think about this.

Soludo hold on to God. Take things easy. Okey? Mc. Wisdom

It never ceases to amaze me how callous some of these comments are,moreso cos I believe they are the true sentiments of the commentators seeing that no one will arrest them for their utterances. An old frail man has just been kidnapped,from what I gather the second time around--imagine the hell he must be living in now.Imagine the nightmare Soludo himself must be having seeing as this is father. People set your political differences aside and have some sympathy. My prayers and thoughts are with the soludo family at this difficult time

ONE MILLION KIDNAPPERS CANNOT STOP ANAMBRA STATE FROM GLORY, SOLUDO ..NO SHAKING...THE PEOPLE ARE BEHIND YOU...DONT MIND THE ENVIOUS MIS-ADVISERS ...YOU HAVE A DUTY AT ANAMBRA!!!

Is very unfortunate my dad polities is not a bank business.

This is one of the Dividend of One Imposing candidate, Political War Lord that Anambarian are known with.

What offence has Soludo committed to have his father kidnapped? Is it anything that the law of man and/or the Law of God Almighty cannot punish. What has happened to our humanity that we actually REJOICE at the kidnapping and dehumanising of AN OLD, DEFENCELESS MAN? Is this how we plan to build this great new NIgeria we all seem to desire but are obviously not prepared to work for?

The only reason Soludo wants to be a governor at all cost is that it will give him the immunity from prosecution all other politicians get after looting the public coffers. I'm suspicious of this recent development, that Soludo guy may have staged this kidnapping in order to elicit public sympathy. Watch out guys, his old man is cooling off with Y'ardua in Aso Rock.

Aren't we supposed to be setting standards? This is a show of shame! The perpetrators of this act should bury their heads in shame. Are we really fighting for the cause of the common man or for our pockets? The world is watching & posterity will hold us accountable for our actions & inactions

Kidnappers!! I beg you not to harm the innocent old man in any way, but make him feel more comfortable than when he is with his CRIMINAL son Charlse Soludo; but I am encouraging you also not to release him until Charlse Soludo says "NO" from participating for Anambara state Governorship election. And one more thing Mr. & Mrs. Kidnappers, please let your next list be Chris Uba's wife, mother, son, or even his father with the same penalty, I think this will give Anambara state a peaceful years. Chris Uba, at least this will also free you from all accusation too. Or if Charlse Soludo think that Chris Uba is behind this, let him respond to Chris Uba by Kidnapping Chris Uba's wife, mother, son, or even his father this will give Anambara state a justice.

@ Agrippa, I laugh at the naivety of your suggestion of kidnappers kidnapping anybody in Chris Uba's family -- that is assuming that he is not behind this kidnap. Chris Uba is not the gentleman that Charles Soludo is, and if this had been his dad, Anambra State would have been on fire by now. Anyway, I note that you have already charged, tried and adjudged Mr. Soludo as a "criminal" and obviously support the savage criminality unleashed against his family for the crime of being related to him. Some of you Nigerians so truly deserve the barbarians that rule Nigeria.

Dear Nigerians, This is rather serious and should be taken as such. It has to do with fundamental human right and precisely freedom of movement which the old man has been forcibly denied. If we learn to respect the laws of this land - old and young alike, no matter how lowly or highly placed, such a thing should be considered an abmination and should not be condoned at all. I am neither siding Soludo nor Chris Uba but rather appealling to the voice of reason. It is Soludo today - who is seeking for the post of Governor double-major, it could be Sanusi tommorow. Who knows what they are given at Aso Rock that sometimes twist their brains and make them seek for life the political kingdom. They should let the old man be. Can we for ones confront our problems and stop chasing shadows. Even if the man and the old man are culpable, can we not take the right actions? Let us still remember that two black spots can never turn to white!

if a bird chooses to petch on a rope, it must also choose to dance with that rope.So, Soludo should be able to sought himself out. THIS IS NIGERIA FOR HIM.

He shldnt be surprised dt hiz oldman has been kidnapped cuz he wants to dance to d music....notin goes for notin cuz d last tym i checked wen he was d CBN gov...he didnt do anytin for d gaddamn state nd he wants to eat his cake nd ve it.well..i ve tld his son who is a vry gd frnd of mine dt if he doesnt tk tym...i myt kidnap him.since he wants to b d boss...he has to pay d cost.

D old man is innocent and does not deserv such an unfair treatment, he shouldn't b victimised 4 wateva sin his son may hav committed against whosoeva...

He is paying the price of political holiganism in Anambra. Charles it become too much, pls go in and allow Peter Obi to continue. Call me On 08034445977.

It was the poor man that suffered the ill-effects of looting. The rich man felt untouchable because of fortified properties, bullet-proof cars and high powered securities. thier kids go to school outside the country and thoroughly protected. Unfortunately, the members of their family who are almost innocent of the atrocities have to be, kidnapped, blindfolded and ill-treated. THIS IS A WAKE UP CALL. WE NEED SECURITY, POWER (ELECTRIC) AND OUR BASIC AMENITIES BACK. IT TAKES EVERYBODY'S effort. The common man, the politicians and the law-enforcers. We can do it. The hardest part is when to start.

the man sef chop out of the cbn largees so make him dey cooler small./ abi na lie?

I don't have anything in mind, But i must offer a word to the Kidnappers NOT to harm the innocent Oldman, I just pray that the Innocent Old man will be released at NO cost because he that is in HIM is greater than HE that is in YOU. May the Almighty God offers him protection, For charles been taking part in Governor's Election, If it is the will of God for him to rule Anambra state, Let him rule as it never a big deal. Prof. Charles Soludo, You have to be very careful as you have many enemies who are NOT happy with you, But i will advice you to leave this Election as you are wealthy already. May the Almighty God gives you and you family his devine protection and understanding. That is all I have to say. Best Regards and Wishes, Mr. Ekprerebuike Augustine From: Imo State ohh NOT Anambra state