PANIC IN NKANU WEST: APC CHAIRMAN CHINEDU HILLARY NNAJI DRAFTS WEAK DISCLAIMER AS PUBLIC RAGE INTENSIFIES OVER SPONSORED POLITICAL THUGGERY

The rising tide of public anger across Enugu State has thrown the All Progressives Congress leadership in Nkanu West Local Government Area into complete disarray, forcing its local chairman, Hon. Chinedu Hillary Nnaji, to issue a panicked statement attempting to distance the ruling party from recent violent disruptions targeting opposition ward meetings.

​This defensive maneuvering follows coordinated attacks across Nkanu West LGA, where armed thugs invaded political gatherings in Ndiuno-Obuoffia and St. Joseph’s Primary School in Agbani. Armed with dangerous weapons, the perpetrators fired sporadic gunshots, leaving multiple citizens injured and destroying venue property worth millions of Naira. As community residents, eyewitnesses, and civic groups directly accuse the ruling political structure of sponsoring the violence, the local council machinery has resorted to deflection.

​Rather than addressing how armed hoodlums operated freely in broad daylight across Agbani and Obuoffia, Hon. Chinedu Hillary Nnaji’s statement absurdly attempts to blame the violence on parallel factions and internal squabbles within opposition parties. Attributing blood-soaked attacks, destroyed canopies, and shattered seating to internal party disagreements represents an embarrassing insult to public intelligence and a transparent cover-up for political thuggery.

​The total silence and operational failure of the Nkanu West Local Government Council leadership to protect peaceful citizens exercising their fundamental rights highlights severe administrative complicity. Allowing public venues within Nkanu West to become hunting grounds for political thugs proves that the local government administration prioritizes suppressing opposition voices over safeguarding the lives and property of its people.

​The hasty release of this disclaimer exposes an administration trembling under the weight of public condemnation. Realizing that the people of Enugu State have identified the true sponsors of political violence, Nnaji’s press statement reads not as a show of strength, but as a weak legal defense from a political apparatus caught red-handed. Empty calls for security investigations ring completely hollow when local political leaders continue to harbor, fund, and deploy violent proxies to intimidate the populace.

​No amount of hastily drafted press releases can erase the reality on the ground in Nkanu West. The public sees directly through these deflections, and those deploying violence and intimidation to stifle democratic competition will inevitably face total rejection at the ballot box.