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Some traders at Ochanja market and residents of the Fegge community in Anambra staged a solidarity rally on Wednesday for Chukwuma Soludo, governor of the state.

The traders and residents carried placards with various inscriptions to protest against those they described as desperate politicians attempting to discredit the works of Soludo in Ochanja.

Recently, videos showing portions of washed-off sections of the Ochanja-Iweka road appeared on social media.

The narrative attached to the video was that the road was poorly done and hastily inaugurated by the Soludo-led Anambra government.

Ifeanyi Okoma, commissioner for works in Anambra, said the video was the handiwork of “detractors”.

Christian Aburime, chief press secretary (CPS) to Soludo, clarified that the road has not been inaugurated by the governor contrary to the claim in the video.

Aburime said heavy rainfall on Monday impacted a section of the Ochanja-Iweka road that is currently under construction.

Speaking during the protest, Okwudili Obinwanne, leader of the traders, said they were out to show support for the governor over what he is doing in Onitsha, Ochanja and Anambra as a whole.

Obinwanne said the contractor had only put the initial layer of asphalt on the road when the rain fell and washed it away.

He added that the road was in a poor state before Soludo came into office.

“For over four decades, subsequent governments have come and gone (including this opposition government) without thinking of reconstructing or doing any meaningful palliative on the Ochanja road. Before now, the road was one dusty and cratered stretch that never crossed the previous governors’ minds,” he said.

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