The Indigenous People of Aba Ngwa, comprising 24 communities in Aba North and Aba South council areas of Abia State, have vowed to resist Governor Alex Otti’s proposed appointment of a non-indigene as the mayor of Aba.
The Governor had during an event at the Aba Sports Club, disclosed that he will appoint billionaires like Ide John Udeagbala as the mayor of Aba and Chief David Ogba Onuoha Bourdex, as the mayor of Ohafia, among others.
It warned that it will never accept a non-indigene of Aba as the mayor or transition committee chairman of the two council areas in Aba, stressing that such appointments do not occur in other metropolitan cities like Port Harcourt, Awka and Owerri. In a communique issued at the end of the meeting and signed by Mr. Ogechukwu Ogbonna, Engr. Greg Obinna and Mr. Chintua Nwagba, the Forum urged Otti to give the indigenous their deserved respect.
“The Governor’s statement to appoint non-indigenous persons to head local government areas of Aba is unacceptable to us as a people because in other neighbouring metropolitan cities like Port Harcourt, Owerri and even in Awka and Onitsha, such will never happen.
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