Sir: Watching Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Soludo shout himself hoarse over the ambitions of one of his predecessors in the state to be president of Nigeria borders on the embarrassing. For one thing, the jury is still out on Soludo. It takes guts and wits to govern Anambra State and its battle-hardened electorate. Even those unfamiliar with Nigeria`s political terrain will attest to this. Soludo won staggered elections last year after previous failed attempts and for all anyone knows, he the champion economist is yet to work any economic miracles in the state. Instead, in a very inauspicious case of the morning telling the day, Soludo appears to favour flirting like a songbird from one tree of controversy to the other while leaving his primary responsibility as state governor largely unattended to.
 
But just how soon until the branches get tired of his weight and wings and snap under him?
 
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Nigerian election terrain has witnessed an unprecedented interest since Mr. Peter Obi, a former governor of the state, entered the fray. The difference between Obi`s presence in the race and that of those who have run strongly for the country`s highest office in the past is that while many others called on all manner of political patronage and peanuts to sell themselves to Nigerians, Obi has chosen the road less travelled of prudence and performance to craft a bewitching image that has captured the imagination of millions of people across Nigeria, including many of Nigeria`s young people.
  
Since the Obi phenomenon began, there has been all manner of reactions from many Nigerian political veterans to show that they have been caught cold by the fact that Obi is promising a new way of doing things if he is elected president and for the first time in a very long time, someone who is daring to be radically different is not bluffing. Soludo cannot seem to wrap his head around the fact that someone has impossibly and improbably built a proper political career out of defying the odds in Nigeria.
 
It is not entirely clear whether Soludo is the eel that now thinks itself the python but what is abundantly clear is the fact that in taking leave of the enormous responsibilities that confront him as governor of Anambra State to dabble into that which does not really concern him, he has stirred the hornets` nest and they are bound to hunt him for some time to come.
 
Kene Obiezu, (Twitter:@kenobiezu).