By NewsBits
The Senator-elect for Enugu North Senatorial District, Chief Okey Ezea, has described the March 11, 2023, governorship, and State Assembly elections in Enugu State as “a do or die game” for the people of the senatorial district, also called Nsukka zone.
The lawyer-business mogul and politician, who was the Labour Party candidate and defeated Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the PDP in the February 25, National Assembly election, also charged the youths of Nsukka Zone to “prepare very well” for the elections.
Chief Ezea, popularly called “IDEKE”, made the disclosure while addressing his supporters in Igboeze South Local Government Area after his victory. He advised the people not to celebrate yet as the main election for Nsukka zone was still ahead.
NewsBits learnt that though the Enugu State governorship election is geopolitically a contest among candidates from Enugu East (Nkanu) senatorial zone, the Labour Party candidate, Hon. Chijioke Edeoga, is said to come from Isi-Uzo, which was part of the old Nsukka zone and progenitor of Udenu, the Council Area of the incumbent Governor Ugwuanyi.
There’s a rumour that Hon. Edeoga’s candidacy is regarded as an opportunity for the people of Nsukka zone to retain power for another eight years, assuming he is elected the next governor.
The Senator-elect, who spoke in his native dialect as he embellished it with proverbs, said: “We have all received the result as the winners of the election. When we embarked on this project, we approached the Reverend Father and the traditional ruler to have their buy-in. That is exactly why we have also invited them here today to rejoice with us and to bless what we will eat today.
“We have election on the 11th of March and that is the most important. Listen, you could see that I am not drinking like others because the battle ahead is fiercer than the February 25, battle that we won.
“If we had 400 votes in each polling unit in the February 25, election, we want 1,000 votes in each polling unit now. In the last election, an Nsukka man must be the senator, but the March 11, election is a straight fight between Nsukka and Nkanu to know who is bigger than the other because Nkanu people want to turn us, the majority, to minority.
“So, you must prepare very well. You must make sure the directive goes round. This is about Nsukka, period. Let’s save Nsukka now. I want to tell the people of Igboeze South that the bad road running from Iheaka to Iheakpu, Ibagwa, Ichi, Unadu, can only be constructed by a governor, not a senator. So, we must produce another governor of Nsukka extraction today, not tomorrow. We can only achieve all that we promised you as senatorial and House of Representatives candidates if we retain the governorship of Enugu State in Nsukka.
“Therefore, let no one drink or dance. We can only drink after the March 11th election.”
Turning and pointing to the direction of the youths, Chief Ezea further stated: “Young men, please, you must prepare yourselves very well. We are going into a war on March 11, and it is a do or die game. Nobody can come from outside Nkanu to intimidate us here.
