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Enugu Polls: LG Chairman, Supporter Escape Irate Youths Over Alleged Vote-buying

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3 years ago

March 18, 2023

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The executive chairman of Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, Obiora Obeagu escaped being lynched by his village youths on Saturday.

The chairman and an unidentified woman were nearly mobbed following their alleged attempt to buy votes in his polling unit while voting was ongoing in the governorship and House of Assembly elections.

Obeagu and the Labour Party governorship candidate in Enugu State, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga are from the same Eha-Amufu in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area.

Eyewitness told journalists who were in the area to monitor the conduct of the election that the chairman, a woman and one other, allegedly came to the polling unit with money to induce voters so that they can vote for Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) instead of Labour Party (LP).

The eyewitness narrated that: “This morning, the Chairman of Isi-Uzo Local Government Area, Hon. Obeagu came to this Polling Unit and called some people aside and started giving them money to make them vote for the ZLP.

“Their intentions were to suppress the votes the LP governorship candidate, Chijioke Edeoga, should get in Isi-Uzo. Thank God for the prompt intervention of the soldiers.

“He came with a lady and another man. They were telling people to vote for the last logo in the ballot with human beings. This really deceived some villagers.

“So, the youths around noticed what was going on and chased him away. We also noticed that the lady was doing the same thing. And the youths were beating the lady, together with the man.

“It was the military there that had to save the lady and the man from being beaten to stupor by the youths who were already angry. They were arrested by the soldiers but were later released and asked to leave the polling unit.”

He added that it took the timely intervention of the soldiers to save the Council Chairman, Obeagu from the hands of the irate youths.

He was later guided away from the voting centre by the police.

When approached, Obeagu, who avoided reacting to the incident, told journalists that he was facing plenty problems in the area already and that he could not speak.

Earlier, about 30 armed thugs were arrested in various parts of Isi-Uzo in the early hours of Saturday.

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2027: Jonathan Will Contest Under PDP, Return To Aso Rock — Jerry Gana

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September 29, 2025

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Former Minister of Information and Orientation, Professor Jerry Gana, has disclosed that ex-president Goodluck Jonathan will contest again in 2027.

Gana made this remark while speaking to journalists in Minna, the Niger State capital.

According to him, Jonathan will contest in the next presidential election, as the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

According to him, Nigerians had experienced life under two presidents after Jonathan and were now yearning for his return.

“In 2015, former President Goodluck Jonathan said his ambition was not worth the blood of Nigerians,” Gana said.

“After him, another President ruled for eight years, and now another has ruled for two years.

“Nigerians have seen the difference, and the difference is very clear. Nigerians are now asking us to bring back our friend, former President Goodluck Jonathan.

“I can confirm that Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will contest the presidential election in 2027 as PDP candidate, and we should be prepared to vote for him to return as President again,” he added.

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How I Survived Kidnap, Assassination Attempt – Rivers Speaker

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September 29, 2025

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The Speaker of Rivers House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, said he is thankful to God for surviving a kidnapping and, an assassination attempt in the past years.
Amaewhule made this known during his 52nd birthday thanksgiving service at the All Saints Anglican Church, Eliozu, Obio/Apkor Local Government Area, Rivers State.

“I am not just marking another birthday but acknowledging that many people had planned to take his life in the last one year, but God didn’t allow them,” he said.
Recounting how he survived a harrowing experience in 2008, he said that he narrowly escaped death during the incident.

Amaewhule noted that he was abducted by some unidentified gunmen at his residence as he arrived after a Sunday church service.

“Some of you were here in 2008 when a preacher was preaching right here on a Sunday service, on that faithful day, I didn’t know the people who came to kidnap me were also in the service,” he said.

“After service, they tactically followed me to my residence, tied up my security guard, and abducted me and took me to a forest where they held me hostage for five days.

“They placed thorns under my feet and inflicted several injuries on my head and body in the process of moving me from one hideout to another within the forest.

“They fed me with biscuits throughout the period even as I almost bled to death.”

The speaker, however, expressed gratitude to God for his numerous blessings, guidance, and preservation over the years.

“When God does things for you, it is important to appreciate him for more.”

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Edo: Chief Ben Bowei Sworn In As Vice Chairman, Ovia South-West

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September 29, 2025

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High Chief Ben Bowei (Left) taking oath of office at the council secretariat on Monday

An Activist and politician, High Chief Ben Bowei has been sworn in as Vice Chairman, Ovia South-West Local Government Council of Edo State.

Bowei, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), deputises Hon. Nosakhare Edobor who happens to be the Chairman of the council.

The Vice Chairman, a committed member of the APC in the local government and state, is expected to bring his wealth of experience to bear on the local government council being a former National Treasurer of the most respected youth body in west Africa — Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide.

Bowei, an advocate and promoter of governance, is the founder of Niger Delta Volunteer for Good Governance, said he’s poised in promoting good governance and taking the dividends of democracy to the most interior part of the local government.

The Vice Chairman urged sons and daughters of the local government to cooperate with the council’s leadership in their bid to extend the dividends of democracy to them.

Bowei, while appreciating governor Monday Okpebholo and his deputy, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, for the good work the current administration has been doing in the state, expressed optimism that the current state government would perform beyond expectations.