A member of the All Progressives Congress board of trustees, J.O. J Okoloagu, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to consider Enugu North senatorial district while making appointments in his administration.

Mr Okoloagu requested that the zone be treated fairly like other zones “not just in Enugu state but across the country”.

He made the appeal when he addressed APC stakeholders from the district in his Ogbede country home in Igbo-Etiti LGA.

Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting, Mr Okoloagu regretted the dwindling fortunes of the party in the state, attributing it to an internal crisis that had engulfed the party in recent times.

He said that they had “evaluated, tinkered with and deliberated on what concerns APC with regards to the perennial crisis”.

He alleged that the continued actions of the suspended state chairman of the party, Ugochukwu Agballah, were fueling the crisis. He argued that the suspension by a court injunction had yet to be vacated.

Mr Okoloagu also said that his involvement in politics was not to make money but to serve his people.

Mr Okoloagu said he rejected N50 million and a board chairmanship to withdraw his legal suit against late Senator Ayogu Eze at the election tribunal.

“I rejected that money, and I am still in APC. Senator Eze of the blessed memory went to the Senate two times and back; the rest is history,” Mr Okoloagu said.

Mr Okoloagu applauded Governor Peter Mbah for his numerous developmental projects in the state.

Similarly, a former Enugu House of Assembly speaker, Eugene Odo, alleged that the president’s appointments were lopsided and unfair to Enugu North.

According to him, some people are submissive and loyal to the party; they might not have the contact but they believe in protecting the system more by themselves.

(NAN)