Enugu LG polls: ENSIEC precludes 73 competitors

 In front of the November 4 Council polls, the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has excluded an aggregate of 73 competitors.

Those influenced are two chairmanship and 71 councillorship applicants, the majority of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

Following the improvement, the state executive of APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye approached ENSIEC director, Chief Mike Ajogwu to leave his position for purportedly doing the offering of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State.

In front of the November 4 Council surveys, the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has excluded an aggregate of 73 applicants.

Those influenced are two chairmanship and 71 councillorship competitors, the majority of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

Following the improvement, the state executive of APC, Dr. Ben Nwoye approached ENSIEC director, Chief Mike Ajogwu to leave his position for purportedly doing the offering of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State.

Nwoye while showing a production by ENSIEC containing rundown of excluded hopefuls, affirmed that competitors in the gathering's fortresses were generally influenced.

He said that the chairmanship competitors of the gathering in Aninri and Enugu South neighborhood government territories, Barr. Uzoigwe Oleh and Hilary Okoye were individually excluded for reasons unknown.

He additionally fought that despite the fact that ENSIEC had no privilege to exclude any gathering's hopeful once displayed by the gathering, and asked why the preclusion ought to be sellective as no competitor of PDP in the 17 board ranges and 260 discretionary wards was influenced.

"APC yet again reaffirms that ENSIEC is a making of Section 197 of the 1999 Constitution (as changed) with its forces expressed in passage 4 section 2 of the third timetable to the constitution. The forces given to it in that does exclude energy to disualify any competitor.

"Presently detecting the noticeable nearness of APC in a few regions, they chose to preclude competitors in regions where APC has relative preferred standpoint.

"A quick look and to say a couple: Udi-Agbudu Ward, target Chief Sullivan Chime; Eke Ward, target Mr. Osita Okechukwu; Obinagu Ward, target National Vice Chairman South East, Emma Eneukwu; and Aguobu Owa, Eziowa Ward 2, target Barr. Joe Mamel.

"Aninri LGA, Area 7 Councillorship hopefuls, target Group Captain Joe Oji (rtd). Its incongruity is that no single PDP individual has b3n precluded, ehich implies that in judgment of ENSIEC Chairman, Mr. Ajogwu, SAN, they are for the most part holy people".

The APC administrator noticed that the gathering had just collected legal advisors who were fundamentally taking a gander at the legitimate alternatives.