By Charles Udeh

An Nsukka group under the aegis Enugu North Peoples Assembly has lambasted the former Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General, Chief Nnia Nwodo over the comment recently made during the Labour Party guber campaign tour in Igbo-Etiti local government council.

The former Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General while addressing the Labour Party supporters in Onyoho in Igbo-Etiti local government council had reminded his listeners of the old Enugu zone, and said that Edeoga is not from Enugu East (the current senatorial district where Isi-Uzo belongs) but from the Nsukka zone and should be allowed to occupy the seat of the governor in order for Nsukka people to take another shot at the seat.

In a statement issued after a meeting held today 20th of January, 2022 at Adada Hall, Nsukka, Comrade Emma Ugwu, the president of Enugu North Peoples Assembly reminded Chief Nwodo that Isi-Uzo is in Enugu East senatorial district and has been benefitting immensely from the state based on that regard.

Comr. Ugwu equally challenged Nwodo to tell the people of Enugu North what political benefits the zone has gotten from Chijioke Edeoga since decades that he has been in politics, stating that Edeoga had once represented Isi-Uzo and Enugu East in the Federal House of Representatives and had in other capacity benefited immensely from the appointment slots given to the zone which is an affirmation that he belongs to the Enugu East zone.

He further encouraged Chief Nnia Nwodo to refrain from making inciting statements that are capable of undermining the peaceful coexistence that the three senatorial zones have been enjoying in the state.

“I was shocked to hear an elder like Chief Nnia Nwodo, whom I revere much say this kind of thing because he wants to make his son-in-law, Chijioke Edeoga a governor. Should we throw away the long time peace and brotherly affections we have been sharing in the state because of politics? Why must lies be concocted because someone has an interest in the Lion Building?

Chijioke Edeoga since the creation of Enugu State has been enjoying all the dividends that power could get by occupying different political positions accorded to the Enugu East, why will it be this moment that someone will wake up and try to cause a disaffection by telling Ndi Nsukka that other zones are shortchanging them politically? I expect Chief Nnia Nwodo to play a fatherly role and not to be an instrument of disintegration to the state. What is it that Nwodo people forgot in the Lion Building that Nnia is clamoring to go and get? Nnia can fool a few but he can’t fool all,” Ugwu concluded.

NDI ENUGU