Three concerned Anambra citizens have issued a 90 Days notice to Anambra Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo to commence process of local government election or face legal action to compel him.
The trio: Hon. Arinze Awogu, Chidi Okoye and Dr. Charles Ebulue in a letter through their legal counsel, Barr. Chugo Enwezor, also requested for the appointment of the chairman and members of the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC).
“Take notice, Sir, that if at the end of the months period, you failed for any reason to perform the public duty as demanded of you, then we shall further our client’s instructions which is to approach the High Court of Anambra State to seek for Order of Mandamus and other ancillary reliefs compelling you to perform the public duty imposed on you by section 198 of the 1999 constitution aforementioned,” the letter read in parts.
The three activists have in the said letter
expressed their utter dissatisfaction with the silence of the Anambra State government over the conduct of local government elections for a whole two years.
The letter read in parts: “Before the 2021 governorship election, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, then the candidate of the All-Progressive Grand Alliance – APGA, promised to conduct local government elections in his first six months in office as governor.
“But it is now two years and there is nothing that points to the government’s readiness to conduct the local government election. In consequence, for a whole decade, there has not been a local government election in Anambra State.
“Our clients are worried that the last time local government election was conducted in Anambra State was sometime in 2014 during the twilight days of His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi’s administration, and the worst situation is that the electoral body that should mid-wife the existence of a democratically elected Local Government system in the state has been clobbered into oblivion by succeeding administrations including yours…as governor, after taking an oath to defend and maintain the constitution of Nigeria to which you owe your present perch as governor of our dear state.
AnambraDaily gathered that the letter was delivered to the governor’s office on the last day of January 2024, around 2 pm and received by a staff of the governor’s office, in the Government House of Anambra State, Awka.
