Edo LG Polls: North Ivie Zone Demands Etsako East Chairmanship Slot

The North Ivie zone, comprising Imiegba, Itsukwi, Imiakebu, and Okpekpe communities, has called connected governmental stakeholders to portion the Etsako East section authorities chairmanship spot to the country for the 2026 elections successful Edo State.

The portion argued that since Nigeria’s instrumentality to democracy, North Ivie has lone produced the assembly president once, contempt consistently supporting successive governments for implicit 2 decades.
North Ivie, a stronghold of the All Progressives Congress (APC), voted massively successful the past governorship predetermination for Senator Monday Okpebholo but has often been overlooked successful cardinal elective positions.
The convener of the North Ivie People’s Voice, Abdullahi Shaibu, successful a connection issued successful Abuja yesterday, urged governmental leaders to reward the zone’s loyalty by ceding the chairmanship to them.

Titled “Etsako East LGA Election: North Ivie Zone is Unanimous successful its Chairmanship Demands,” the radical said the telephone represents the corporate determination of the people.

“Both the aged and younger generations of Ivie are agreed successful 1 voice: the clip has travel for equity, fairness, and justice. Since 1999, the portion has lone occupied the chairmanship spot for 1 twelvemonth and 3 months done our daughter, Hon. Benedicta Attoh, who was aboriginal removed from office,” the connection read.

“This shows the wide marginalisation Ivie has suffered not lone astatine the section authorities level but besides astatine the authorities level. It is lone just and conscionable that the adjacent chairmanship of Etsako East LGA should beryllium zoned to Ivie.

“We entreaty to our leaders and governmental actors crossed Etsako East to recognise this humanities injustice and close it. This is not conscionable astir Ivie—it is astir gathering a stronger, united, and equitable Etsako East wherever each portion has a consciousness of belonging.

“In airy of this, we telephone connected each qualified sons and daughters of Ivie to boldly state their ambition for the chairmanship seat. The clip has travel for Ivie to instrumentality its rightful spot successful the enactment of Etsako East.” Shaibu stated.