Ikpeazu appoints Enwereji new CoS

By Musa Baba Adamu

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has appointed Mr Chukwuemeka

Enwereji as his new Chief of Staff, CoS.

Enwereji is to replace the former Chief of Staff, Okey Ahaiwe, who resigned his appointment to become the governorship candidate of PDP in last month’s election, which he lost to Labour Party’s Alex

Otti.

A statement from Onyebuchi Ememanka, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, said the appointment was with immediate effect.

According to the statement:

Apart from the attacks that have led to several deaths and destruction of goods worth millions of naira, recall that the house of the traditional ruler of the council was earlier this week set ablaze by suspected herdsmen.

A close source to the former chairman who spoke anonymously claimed his resignation “has become necessary following the inability of the state government to end the senseless killings and the destruction of property going on in Ussa.”

“Enwereji holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Abia State University, as well as a Master of Laws degree from the University of Lagos. He also attended the Nigerian Law School and is called to the Nigerian Bar.

Former Commissioner of Water Resources, Yusuf Akirikwe, who also hailed from Ussa, resigned his appointment a few days to the general elections.

“In his new role, Mr Enwereji will coordinate the activities of the Office of the Governor, ensuring seamless exit formalities for the administration.”

Taraba gov’ship election: APC failed because of unpopular candidate

By Christiana Ekpa

Acivil society group has claimed the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State failed in last month’s governorship election because it fielded an unpopular candidate.

The Executive Director, Citizens Awareness Against Corruption and Social Vices Initiative, CAACASVI, Olumuyiwa Onlede made the claims on Wednesday.

He attributed APC’s poor performance at the polls in Taraba State to the interference of the national leadership of the party, especially its chairman, Senator

Abdullahi Adamu. He alleged that Adamu’s action of imposing a governorship candidate in the person of Senator Emmanuel Bwacha on the state ruined APC’s chances of victory at the March 18 gubernatorial election.

He advised the APC to endeavour to present other competent Taraba indigenes, preferably, David Sabo Kente if it hoped to regain power in the state in 2027.

“It is imperative to x-ray events leading to the primaries in the Taraba State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), especially the gubernatorial primaries that were never legitimately held in the first and second instances.

“Members of the APC, and indeed those that have the interest of the party at heart, knew that the Taraba APC had set itself on the path of failure at the polls the moment the national body of the party, under the leadership of Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, threw all democratic principles out of the window and placed personal interests above the general wellbeing and interests of the clear majority.

“Adamu’s single act of connivance with Sen. Emmanuel Bwacha ruined the golden chance