8 political parties sue Ugwuanyi over Enugu LG appointments By Ezeocha Nzeh

About eight political par­ties in Enugu State have dragged the state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to Court, follow­ing his decision to appoint Care­taker Committees for the 17 Local Government Areas of the state in­stead of conducting election. The parties, which sued under the auspices of the Inter Party Ad­visory Council, (IPAC) asked the Court to declare the appointments made by the governor illegal and order him to conduct local govern­ment election without delay. These parties which include Allied Congress Party of Nige­ria (ACPN), Democratic People’s Congress (DPC), Labour Party (LP), Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and others, noted that the decision of the governor was not acceptable; stressing that it would kill and drastically retard the devel­opment of the Local governments. Commending the actions of the political parties, the Enugu State chapter of IPAC condemned the unilateral appointment of Local Government Chairmen and Depu­ties in the 17 Local Government Areas in Enugu State by the Execu­tive Governor of Enugu State.