Major General John Enenche, a former army spokesman, has stated that his departure from the Labour Party’s (LP) Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) has left him “not concerned”.
Enenche stated that his removal was “for good” in an interview with ARISE TV, adding that the campaign “is one little element of what the Labour Party intends to do.”
Additionally, he claimed that there wasn’t enough information available on the EndSars incident, stressing the importance of providing “strategic information” to younger Nigerians regarding the massacre of unarmed protesters on October 11, 2020, at the Lekki Toll Gate.
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; a Nigeria that children can be empowered, a Nigeria that there is hope. A Nigeria where the upcoming generation will know that you don’t need to know somebody before you can go forward.
“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.”
While lamenting that corruption has since become a norm in Nigeria, the retired Major General said he was convinced to remain in the party and support its presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2023 general elections.
While buttressing reasons for pitching his tent with the opposition party, the ex-Army image-maker insisted that the LP flagbearer “stands out” among the major contenders for the post.
“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, everything was motionless for about two or three weeks; nothing happening in Onitsha town. His dedication to ensuring that normalcy was restored with other security agencies shows 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.
Enenche, who represented North-Central in the 1,234-man Obi-Datti campaign team, had claimed that videos showing the killing of #EndSARS protesters soldiers by the Nigerian Army in 2020 at Lekki Toll Gate were false.
The retired Major General had also reportedly claimed that the Instagram live footage of DJ Switch was photoshopped.
The video of his claims surfaced again on Twitter nearly two years after the dastardly act.