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ENUGU 2023: Nwobodo clarifies his position on Enugu Governorship.


Elder statesman and former old Anambra State governor Sen. Jim Nwobodo at the weekend clarified his position on the governorship seat of Enugu State, ahead of the 2023 general election.

Nwobodo, who spoke to reporters in his Amechi Awkunanaw country home after a closed door meeting with the member representing Enugu South/Enugu North Federal Constituency and 2023 governorship aspirant, Ofor Chukwuegbo, said he did not have power to stop any aspirant from contesting the coveted seat.

Chukwuegbo was in Nwobodo’s home to seek his blessings to run for the governor.

The lawmaker was said to have lobbied the elder statesman to change his position on micro-zoning of the governorship position in the Enugu East Senatorial District.

Speaking with reporters after the meeting, the ex-governor said his position on supporting Nkanu East Local Government to produce the governor in 2023 had not changed.

He said: “I welcome everyone who visits me. As an elderly man, I gave my blessings to him because I have a right to say no.

“But I told them that I have not changed my position on Nkanu East. And I don’t have the intention to reconsider my position on that.

“Chukwuegbo is my closest relation and came to talk with me as his father. He, just like any other person, has a right to aspire to any position. All powers belong to God. But I can’t take back my words on Nkanu East. My position is for equity and justice and I will like the rest of the state to give them the opportunity this time to govern the state.”

Speaking through Chiene I. Chiene, the director general of his campaign organisation, Chukwuegbo, accompanied by the greater Amechi Awkunanaw leaders, said he came to seek Nwobodo’s blessings to run for the governor.

Chiene said: “We’re here to see the father of politics in Enugu. Our visit here is to inform him of the ambition of our brother, Chukwuegbo, to be governor of Enugu State in 2023.

“We came to seek his blessings and we got that. This is why we’re leaving happily. He is our brother, our father, a trailblazer and a light bearer.”

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