Major General John Enenche, a former Army spokesperson, characterized the removal of his name from the Labour Party’s (LP) Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) as a positive development and said he was not offended by the decision.
In an interview with ARISE TV, he made the remark and blamed the calls for his ouster on a lack of sufficient information about the #EndSars affair.
He emphasized that younger Nigerians needed “strategic information” on the reported massacre of unarmed demonstrators at the Lekki Toll Gate on October 11, 2020.
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Remember how Enenche had been criticized for his purported participation in the EndSARS rally in Lagos?
The former Army Spokesperson, who said that he was encouraged by his exit from the campaign council, added that he “looks forward to a Nigeria that the economy will be good, a Nigeria that I only will not sit down and be getting phone calls for support, one that children can be empowered, one that there is hope, one also that the upcoming generation will know that you don’t need to know somebody to know somebody before you can go forward.”
He added, “A Nigeria that you know that if you want to go out for anything, it is on merit. A Nigeria that you know that things will be done properly and not because of where you come from; a Nigeria where there’s equitable distribution of resources, a Nigeria where children will begin to look at that you have to labour before you get and not one where there is corruption.”
The former Major General expressed regret that corruption has since become commonplace in Nigeria but claimed to have been persuaded to stick with the party and support its presidential and vice presidential candidates in the general elections in 2023.
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The former Army publicist stressed that the LP flagbearer “stands out” among the leading candidates for the role because of his or her equally well-supported reasons for joining the opposition party.
“17 years ago, I was a commanding officer at Onitsha before he became a governor. The moment he came, he came to the barracks and called. We sat down. He took the security of Anambra, and Onitsha in particular, very personally.
“Because as it were then, for about two or three weeks, everything was motionless. Nothing was happening in Onitsha town. His dedication to ensure that normalcy was restored, with other security agencies, to me, it goes to show that he can still replicate that in this country at a higher level.
“Secondly, I looked at a situation where somebody who has not been convicted of corruption or otherwise. I put all that together and said I’m convinced of him,” he said.
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In the 1,234-member Obi-Datti campaign team, Enenche, who represented North-Central, had asserted that recordings purporting to show the execution of #EndSARS protestors troops by the Nigerian Army in 2020 at Lekki Toll Gate were fake.
Additionally, he drew criticism when a retired major general allegedly said that DJ Switch’s Instagram live video had been altered.
Recently, the video of his accusations reappeared on Twitter, bringing up new allegations against him.
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