Enugu Community Petitions Governor Over Town Union Election Crisis

The concerned citizens of Abbi in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State have called on Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah to call his Commissioner for Local Government, Rural Development and Chieftaincy Matters, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, to order over his alleged plans to foist a President-General on the Abbi community. The group made this call on Tuesday, through a press statement signed by its National President, Chief V.N. Ajogwu, and sent to newsmen in Enugu. He stated that the Town Union election, which took place on May 3, 2025, at Central School Abbi, was marred by serious irregularities and was declared inconclusive by many observers, including the monitors from the ministry. He posited that it was surprising and troubling to hear that the Commissioner is allegedly making moves to issue a certificate of return to one of the candidates, Mr. Mathias Ajogwu, despite the controversy surrounding the exercise. He also accused the Commissioner of being biased and compromised during the e...