The people of Ogui Nike in Enugu North Local Government of Enugu State have made a case contending that it is their turn to produce the Chairman of Enugu North Local Government Council at the forth coming Local Government polls slated for October 2024.
The Community through its President General, Mr. Ifesinachi Alum stated that there was a zoning arrangement which was to have their son clinch the PDP’s House of Assembly ticket at the 2023 elections, but that was thwarted following the emergence of Hon. Ibenaku Onoh as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the election.
Addressing newsmen in Enugu on the anticipated political impasse, the President General narrated that but for the insistence of Hon. Ibenaku Onoh, the position would have been zoned to Ogui Nike Community, but that when he insisted and clinched the ticket of the People’s Democratic Party, they still voted for him with the anticipation that he will support Ogui Nike to clinch the Party’s ticket during the Local Government Council polls.
“Even after losing the 2023 House of Assembly general election, Ibenaku Onoh came with his people to thank the people of Ogui Nike and Umunevo Ogui Nike communities for their massive support. As a people, we’re hopeful that Hon. Onoh and others from Ngwo axis clan will reciprocate our support and support one of us from Ogui clan to emerge as the next chairman of Enugu North local government area.
“Therefore what we are begging His Excellency, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mba is to help stop any form of injustice which some persons are planning to unleash on the people of Ogui Nike,” Alum pleaded.
It will be recalled that Dr. Joseph Onoh, in his recent visit to the stakeholders of Ogui Nike and Umunevo Ogui Nike Communities argued that the 2024 Chairmanship of Enugu North Local Government Council should automatically be zoned to Ogui Nike.
