A charter of Equity stipulating rotation of power among the blocs in Ebonyi is expected to have a big say in who succeeds outgoing Governor David Umahi
The struggle for the creation of Ebonyi State from Abịa and Enugu states brought the people of Afikpo and Abakaliki together on a common mission of what they called political emancipation.
The Ohanivo bloc includes Ọhaozara, Onicha and Ivo local government areas which were once the old Ohaozara local government area in the old Imo and Abịa states before the creation of Ebonyi StateConstituency each, namely Afikpo North/South and Ohaozara/Onicha/Igbo. Ngbo/Izhia clans are predominantly in Ezzamgbo and Ngbo towns, the other two major towns in Ohaukwu local government. The Korri are also found in Effium town with a sprinkling in a few other places, while Agba people are predominantly found in Agba town in Ishielu local government area.
In 1999, Sam Egwu from the Ngbo/Izhia clan took the governorship position. After him, Mr Elechi from Ịkwọ served two terms before handing over to Mr Umahi from Ebonyi South zone. With Mr Umahi set to complete his second term in May, it was expected that power rotation among the three zones would start afresh since the three zones have had their turns.
Their argument is that even if the rotation is to start from the South, the Afikpo bloc should take it. Mr Nwifuru is seen as the anointed successor of Governor Umahi, a toga he has laboured to wean himself of, insisting that he is an independent mind who will not be controlled by the outgoing governor if voted in.
In the senatorial election, the APC cleared the three seats up for grabs. The APC also won three of the six House of Representatives seats already announced. The PDP managed to get the Afikpo North/South federal constituency seat while the Labour party got the other one with one seat yet to be announced.
The APC, led by Senator-elect for Ebonyi South and incumbent governor, Mr Umahi, though upbeat and buoyed by the results, has also been holding several meetings and re-strategising ahead of the Saturday elections. The court-declared candidate of the party is an unknown quantity, hence the party is not expected to do well in the election.
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