CHIEF BRIGHT IGODO OGAJI

GROUP URGES CHIEF BRIGHT IGODO OGAJI TO VIE FOR SENATE 

 

Arising from a very crucial meeting held in Oju LGA on the 29th January, 2022, a group under the aeges of Synergy Group has urged Chief Bright Igodo Ogaji, a former Oju Local Government Council Chairman and an American based entrepreneur to contest for the Benue South Senate under the auspices of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election. 

 

The group is a conglomeration of progressive elements in the People's Democratic Party(PDP) from the Benue South who feel that Igede is due to producing a Senator in Zone C. This demand is obviously harped on the need to domesticate the universal principles of equity, justice and fairness which constitute the mantra upon which the Southern Benue is demanding for a Benue Governor in 2023.

The statement signed by the duo of Comrade Ogbale Ogah and Hon. Andy Onoja lauded the efforts of Igede In 2023 Movement for its sustained commitment to the agitation for Igede Senator in 2023. He called for concerted efforts of men of goodwill to ensuring that Igede gets justice in 2023. According to them, ' we must not be seen as been pretentious on our reliance on equity to getting our due from the larger Benue when we are not seen practicing same equity back home. We must therefore do what is proper'. 

 

The Group's resolve to throw it weight behind Chief Ogaji Bright Igodo if he accepts the call to run is borne out of his sterling qualities. As a former Chairman, he is said to have performed so creditably well in a manner that leaves his legacies unrivalled and unsurpassed till date. He is also believed to have the needed formidable and dependable network within and outside the Zone to actualizing this.

It should be recalled that since 1976 when Benue State was created, no person from Old Oju has ever been a Senator from the Benue South which is divided into three Zones: Old Otukpo, Old Oju and Old Okpokwu blocs . Over the years, the Old Otukpo and Old Okpokwu have produced all the Senators from the Zone. It is therefore considered auspicious that in the spirit of inclusive politics which forms the kernel of democracy, Old Oju be allowed to produce the Senator of the Zone in 2023