The leadership and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Igbo Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State has disowned a former speaker of the state house of assembly, Hon. Eugene Odoh over his recent comments on the reconstitution of the South East Development Commission (SEDC).
Odoh recently granted a television interview purporting to be speaking for APC stakeholders in Enugu North Senatorial District and allegedly accusing the APC leadership in the state of shortchanging the zone in the appointment into the South East Development Commission (SEDC).
Addressing a news conference in Enugu on Monday, the leaders of APC in Igbo-Etiti where Odoh hails from, accused Odoh of playing to the gallery to score cheap political points.
According to them, Odoh, who was allegedly expelled from APC in 2023 after the general elections due to alleged anti-party activity, was not in any position to speak for the party at the state and the local government levels.
The people who spoke through the LGA chairman of APC in Igbo Etiti LGA, Simon Attach, however expressed concern over the removal of the name of their kinsman in the reconstituted board of the SEDC, calling for justice to be given to the people of the zone.
Attach said: “We are not happy with the recent nomination and renomination going on in the SEDC. The initial nomination was balanced with one person each from the Enugu West Zone in the person of Barr Ugochukwu H. Agballah, and another one from the Enugu North zone in the person of Dr Daniel Ugwuja Danigold.
“Unfortunately, the list was tampered and the only nomination coming from Enugu North (Nsukka Zone) was changed to a known PDP man from Enugu West in the person of Hon Toby Okechukwu.
“We state categorically that we are in support of the initial nomination done by the South East leadership of the APC led by HE Senator Hope Uzodimma”.
He continued: “How can one be an Nsukka man and also be against the nomination of his brother(Dr Daniel Ugwuja) who is representing the entire Nsukka zone in the SEDC? This is a case of a political busy body and meddlesome interloper on the part of Hon Eugene Odo who has no basis to discuss the problems of APC as he is not a member of APC. His actions are self seeking with intention to reap from where he did not sow. He is merely seeking attention in order to secure federal appointment through the back door, not knowing that the era of monkey dey work baboon dey chop is over”.
