Ahead of the October 2024 local council election in Enugu State, the state’s chapter of

the People’s Democratic has elected the party’s chairmanship candidate for the 17

Local Government Areas of the state.

The party had earlier elected its councillorship candidates for the 260 electoral wards of

the state, and the governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, congratulated the winners

and also commended party faithful for their peaceful conducts during the two primary

elections, which witnessed mass turnout of party delegates and stakeholders in the 17

LGAs saw the eventual candidates clear the polls in most places following weeks of

consensus-building preceding the exercise, while, many aspirants, who spoke at the

venues, declared support for the eventual winners, urging their supporters to vote for

them.

However, only two former council chairmen, namely, Hon. Okechukwu Edeh of Nkanu

East LGA and Hon. Obiora Obeagu of Isi-Uzo LGA were returned as the party’s

candidates for the forthcoming council elections, while, in the party’s chairmanship

primary election held at Amagunze, Nkanu East LGA, Hon. Okechukwu swept the entire

42 votes cast by the 42 delegates to emerge winner, while Hon. Obeagu polled all the 33

votes cast by 33 party delegates at Ikem, Isi-Uzo LGA, to emerge victorious.

In their acceptance speeches at Amagunze and Ikem, respectively, Okechukwu Edeh

and Obiora Obeagu thanked party members for the confidence reposed in them,

assuring that they would double their efforts to compliment Governor Mbah’s many

rural development initiatives in the state when elected by their people in October.

Meanwhile, the Chairman of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission,

Professor Chris Ngwu, who observed the exercise at Amagunze, Nkanu East, described

it as “credible, free, and just,” saying that ENSIEC under his leadership was out to

ensure a level playing ground for all the political parties.