Ondo youths protest, reject Igbo politician as council caretaker

Youths in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Saturday, trooped out to protest the alleged plan by some persons in the state government to impose one Mrs Eucharia Nwamara as the pioneer chairman of the newly-created Local Council Development Areas in the area.

The Odigbo youths who converged on the palace of the town, also alleged that some powerful members in the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu-led administration planned to impose Nwamara from Imo State on them.

Specifically, the protesters declared that Nwamara is an Igbo associate of the wife of the state governor, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, and the plan to impose her (Nwamara) would not be permitted for the new LCDA.

Speaking on the development, one of the protesters and community leader, Mr Femi Olafumiloye, said the alleged plan to impose an Igbo politician as caretaker chairman of the new LCDA would disturb peace in the community.

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He said, “How can we start an LCDA with a total stranger as the first caretaker chairman. It is a passionate plea. They can rescind this decision. We cannot take it. Let one of our people be the chairman. How can an Igbo woman communicate with us.”

Another protester, who identified himself as Adeyemi, described the alleged imposition as an aberration in the politics of the community, declaring that the residents would not accept it.

He said, “Our king cannot go to council to take orders from someone who is not from here. If we refuse to fight, our children will fight. Everybody must rise up against this. Our youths are prepared. We are fighting for what is legitimate.” Punch