By Emmanuel Uzodinma The Labour Party governorship candidate in Enugu State, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga has suspended his planned campaign...
By Emmanuel Uzodinma
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Enugu State, Hon.
Chijioke Edeoga has suspended his planned campaign in some wards in Eha-Amufu,
Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of the State.
He made the announcement during his visit to the area on
Tuesday.
Suspected Fulani herdsmen were alleged to have invaded
Eha-Amufu communities again on Monday night and slaughtered many residents, a
development that has turned survivors into refugees as they could be seen
fleeing homes.
Speaking on the development, Edeoga who visited Eha-Amufu
Ward 2 and Eha-Amufu Ward 4, said every campaign in the area would be put on
hold in honour of those who lost their lives to the unprovoked attack.
“We were to start from Ward 3 but we suspended it because of
the killings. We have also postponed campaigns in other communities in
Eha-Amufu here. We are so saddened over yet another killing of innocent people
in our place.
“While we sympathise with the families of the victims, I
want to assure you that all these will end when we win this election and are
sworn-in by May 29, 2023,” he said.
Edeoga told his audience that his emergence as Labour Party
guber candidate in Enugu State was as a result of pressures from well-meaning
people of the State, as well as the Presidential candidate of the party, Mr.
Peter Obi.
According to him, “I’m into the race for service. After the
PDP primary election, I decided to rest but pressures kept coming from all
quarters in Enugu State, women, youths, elders.
“Even Our Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi called me on
the phone to come and contest; he said he wants me to fly the party’s flag. I
was hesitant until it got to a point that I had no choice but to answer the
call.”
He urged the people to support his candidature and that of
other Labour Party candidates, as according to him, “the PDP has collapsed in
Eha-Amufu, Enugu State and South-East. There is so much injustice and lies in
the PDP; you can see how they denied Southern Nigeria the presidential ticket;
so what are they going to tell us?”
Also speaking the State Chairman of the Party, Mr. Casmir
Agbo expressed sadness over the killings by Fulani herdsmen.
He urged the people to keep faith with the Labour Party for
an end to such killings, he said they should ignore any claims that Edeoga was
no longer the party’s candidate.
“The Labour ticket with him is an act of grace. What they
are doing now is spreading falsehood. But I’m telling you today as the chairman
of the party that our guber candidate is Rt. Hon. Chijioke Edeoga.
“Don’t listen to gossip. We are taking over Nigeria with
Peter Obi and Edeoga in Enugu,” he boasted.
At the different places he visited, the communities
presented a charter of demands, with Edeoga assuring them that their needs
would be met if he emerged victorious in the polls.
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