Aninri calls out Prince Nwanjoku over unfixed roads

A whole new change is brewing in Aninri council area. Days after Prince Ugochukwu Nwanjoku was “anointed” for a second term by Governor Peter Mbah, opposition is mounting.

Ndeabor road is captured in a new viral video, which graphically highlights the sufferings of the natives within the council. A commercial bus is trapped in the mud, and youths, possibly passers-by, were seen helping the passengers to offload their goods.

It’s not clear the date the clip was made. It could possibly be last week when there was a heavy downpour in Aninri and across Enugu State.

• WATCH THE VIDEO HERE

A man is heard speaking on the video, calling on Governor Peter Mbah to help Ndeabor residents. It also said that Aninri council chairman Prince Nwanjoku was contacted to help fix the road but had refused to help.

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Apart from the traders and the motorists who ply the road, schoolchildren also face hell on daily basis as the road leads to Green Smart School and other schools.

Aninri headquarters sits at Ndeabor. But even as the seat of power, the community has suffered more neglect than any other areas in the council. Apart from the absence of functional public amenities, Ndeabor is yet to have it’s son or daughter elected the council’s chairman since 1998.

The Ndeabor road, Ugwu-tank link road and more than 163 other roads were marked for grading by Nwanjoku’s administration last year.

InfoWars has reached out to Mr Israel Ani, supervisory councillor for Works, for comment. His office ought to have answers to number of questions Aninri is asking at the moment.

Name of the contractors, deeds of contracts, the cost of the roads as well as deadlines fixed for the completion are still shrouded in secrecy and kept away from the public.

Constituents are increasingly demanding for accountability and transparency. While there is yet no evidence of wrongdoings on the part of Prince Nwanjoku, there is a disturbing laxity among his aides and within the larger Aninri workforce.

“We won’t fight Prince Nwanjoku”, Amagu women defy PG Udengene

Amagu women have told their President General they won’t be siding him to fight Aninri council chairman, Prince Ugochukwu Nwanjoku.

InfoWars reported that Comr Christian Onyeabor (a.k.a Udengene) called “emergency meeting” yesterday evening following increasing pressure on his administration to act responsibly. At the meeting held at Kings High School Oduma, the embattled PG urged Amagu women to prepare to stage protests against Nwanjoku’s administration.

However, the women rejected his call, the first of its kind which stands as a proof of the people’s defiance against the unpopular government.

“If we go to Orie to protest and they come and kill us, will you [Udengene] buy another lives for us? I, personally, will not go anywhere”, one Mrs Aninta, an outspoken women leader from the community reportedly told the PG to his face, using local dialect.

Amagu lost their daily Orie market in a One-Day war with their Ameke neighbours on January 27, 2020. The Ameke assailants burnt the market, then allegedly colluded with Aninri Local Government and the market was demolished and the land seized. That time, the President General of Amagu community was Hon James Onyeabor, Udengene’s biological brother.

Since then, the promise to bring back the market has become a hot campaign bait during election times in Amagu. In 2024 Udengene himself assured Amagu community that he would bring back the market if he was elected. It was for his tough rhetorics on Orie and Ameke community that stakeholders coerced his opposing candidates to step down and made Udengene PG unopposed.

However, nearly two years into his administration, Udengene is yet to make any move. To hide his weakness, he pushed number of lies against the council chairman Prince Ugochukwu Nwanjoku inside Amagu community in early 2025, saying that the Prince is the obstacle to retrieving the lost asset. It took intervention of a Malaysian-based clergyman Pastor Jim Abba to save Udengene from Nwanjoku’s wrath and quench the brewing brawl.

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Now, in Amagu, Orie market is commonly seen not just as an ancient heritage, but it’s regarded as a symbol of pride. In modern times, it had also served as the community’s “oil well” for the huge revenue it generated. Six years after its destruction, Orie remains the heartthrob of every Amagu indigene.

Some segments of the population have obtained litigation at the State High Court after Udengene sold fear that Aninri Local Government is at the verge of taking over the market by force.

Nwanjoku takes APC message to Udi as CoS flags off e-registration

Enugu State, like all its four sister states in the southeast, hates the “new” All Progressives Congress (APC). But one thing is sure: the party is gradually winning hearts in the face of relentless grassroots campaigns.

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Earlier today, Governor Peter Mbah’s Chief of Staff, Barr. Victor Udeh, flagged off APC e-registration in a heavy ceremony that attracted massive crowd as well as bigwigs across the state.

Aninri’s Prince Ugochukwu Nwanjoku was present in solidarity that marks rare ingenuity and tradition of any ruling party in Enugu.

Also present was former Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Speaker of the state Assembly Chief Uche Ugwu, APC youths leader Peter Chime, as well as other high profile personalities.

Governor Mbah has ordered a mass membership e-registration across the 17 council areas last week. Although the exercise faced low reception initially, voters are beginning to embrace the once-hated APC gradually, as verified sources from database show.

Unlike its Anambra neighbour, Enugu is not good in playing opposition. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had ruled unchallenged for nearly 30 years before it was replaced with APC last year. While the “new” party work tirelessly ahead of 2027 victories, opposition parties are still enjoying their deep slumber.

Revisited: Ekoro Health Center and saga of Hyginus Okorie of Okpanku Aninri

Earlier July in 2022, a very disturbing news of gross misappropriation going on in Aninri healthcare system emerged. Particularly, the case in Ekoro Health Center in Okpanku was the worst.

After media investigation exposed the architect of the decay, one Mr Hyginus Okorie, Bennett Ajah’s administration swung to action.

More facts came to light. For years, Mr Okorie had stolen the supplies of drugs and medical equipments meant for the health facility, according to reports from the chairman’s office. He stole one big generator the government supplied, and another that the good people of Okpanku donated. A big GP tank, meant for the center, was found under his care. Then, approximately ₦13 million naira, fund the state government sent regularly for maintenance of the hospital, was squandered and there was no trace of expenses records.

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At first, Bennett Ajah took the matter seriously but was stopped by the defacto chairman, Gabriel Ukpabi, his Secretary to the Local Government, according to sources familiar with the development.

It’s true that officials from the Local Government Service Commission came down to Aninri to see for themselves. And that was all: they saw for themselves. But nothing happened.

Why does Hyginus Okorie’ saga floated today?

“What the chairman [Prince Ugochukwu Nwanjoku] should do is check various persons he entrusted with various duties in the council for accountability,” Benson Nnaji, a PhD student of political science at Enugu State University of Science and Technology said.

“Chairman cannot do everything, that’s why he has assistants in vital areas. But the chairman is to blame if anything goes wrong. Nobody knows about the assistant, and that’s why he has to make each appointee do his or her work very well,” Nnaji concluded.

There is only but a minor change in Aninri healthcare system today. And those, like Hyginus Okorie, who actively wrecked the system, are still walking freely among his Okpanku brothers whom his actions brought immeasurable shame, pain and so many unwarranted deaths.

Like before, most of the health workers still live and do businesses in Enugu city; they are paying some quack nurses to “sign for me”; they don’t go to work. While the poor, sick rural dwellers suffer and die of preventable diseases, the health workers receive their full “ransoms” for the losses in the name of regular salaries.

Yet, there is a supervisor for health in the council today.