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Enugu LG election: Nkanu West council boss Ogbodo applauds turn out of voters in his council

By From Venica Uchechukwu, Enugu September 27, 2026 8:34 am2 min read
Enugu LG election: Nkanu West council boss Ogbodo applauds turn out of voters in his council
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The Chairman of Nkanu west local government area, Hon John Chukwu Ogbodo have applauded the massive turn out of voters in Nkanu west local government area of Enugu State.

 

Ogbodo speaking with Journalists after casting his vote in Akpugo ward 2, polling unit 005 in Nkanu west local government area, attributed the massive turn out to good governance of the current administration in Enugu State.

 

He noted that people in the council area are feeling the impact of Governor Peter Mbah's administration that is why they came out in mass to vote for APC.

 

The Council boss cited the 14 green smart schools in Nkanu west local government area with 86 computers and 25 interactive board in each green smart school, and also pointing that almost 32 primary health care centers has been completed.

 

He noted that he heard in the news few days ago that some State government cancelled their local government election but Enugu State conducted their own election, showing that democracy is working.

 

He further noted that all the local government Chairman in Enugu state are using their fund judiciously. The state government does not interfere with their funds, that is why they were able to achieve what they have achieved.

 

He furthermore refutes claim, that his administration does not allow other opposition to operate in his local government area. He however explained that the opposition has problems within their parties saying that they were struggling for power.

 

"APC is on ground. We don't need violence in Nkanu west or anywhere in Enugu State. Nkanu west is very peaceful. We don't need anybody to come and cause trouble here".

 

"Everybody should go and campaign. If you want people to vote for you, go and campaign, but if you are struggling within yourselves, that does not concern us. As far as we are concerned in Nkanu west, we are not involved in any violence and we condemn it in totality", he said.

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