By Felix Igbekoyi / Correspondent, Asaba
As the political calculations for the Local Government election in Delta State continue, the political atmosphere in Ndokwa Eastl Local Government Area is already tensed up following an alleged plot to scheme out of the race the choice of the leaders and stakeholders.
The leaders and stakeholders have already vowed to resist the imposition of Mrs Nkechi Chukwurah and return the mandate to the rightful person, Shadrack Opiah.
According to a group, Concerned Ndokwa East Leaders (CNEL) stated that with the directive of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and PDP Executive in the state, the leaders met on June 23, 2014 and agreed that the leaders in each ward should produce the councilors and replicate same and produce the chairman at the local government level.
Led by Chief Charles Chukwuma, the group said the 63 leaders met in the house of Chief Benedict Ijeomah, PDP leader at the Council, did their election for the six of the seven aspirants that were present where Opiah scored 37 votes to emerge the winner only for some people elsewhere to give the mandate to Chukwurah who did not come for the election.
Another controversy is that Chukwurah is said to be from the same unit, ward and family of the incumbent Transition Chairman of Ndokwa East Local Government which is against the spirit of fairness, equity and justice most especially when one woman, Felicia Abeki, (Patani) Faith Majemite, (Ehiope East) and Benedicta Osakunu, (Ukwuani) came from Delta South, Central and North, respectively and Chukwurah again imposed, making Delta North to produce two.
The group claimed it was shocked that even when Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan met with Delta North leaders on August 3, 2014, after calling all the other local government leaders to produce their preferred chairmanship candidate in view of the harmonization, he was said to have been silent on that of Ndokwa East.
Daily Independent investigation confirmed that the leaders and stakeholders in Ndokwa East have drawn a battle line with the impostors, maintaining that the mandate of Opiah should be restored and that if Chukwurah is popular she should have presented herself for the election, stressing that why should leaders in other local government be allowed to present their choice and that of Ndokwa East becomes an exceptional case?
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