Maduako Igbokwe l Thursday, 03 February 2022
ONITSHA, Anambra, Nigeria – Nando community in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State has apologised and rewarded her former President General, Chief Ignatius Aghadinuno for wrongly terminating his tenure, three years after.
Members of community made the public apology at their town hall meeting where they presented him with an excellence award.
The community also honoured him as patron of the town union three years after ‘wrongly’ sacked from office. The Aghadinuno led Town union executive was dissolved through a letter from the state government dated August 7, 2019 over allegations of land grabbing and others levelled against him by ‘Ojiani’ an age group from his village, Abube.
After the dissolution of his execute body , the state government constituted a caretaker committee to oversee the town union affairs. Aghadinuno approached the court to seek redress over wrongful terminationof his ternure.
He filed six court cases , won one and withdrew the remaining five after the community had apologised to him for wrongly accusing him and subsequent dethronement. The new President General of Nando, Hon. Nkachikwulu Nwakor, at a formal handover ceremony held at Nando town hall to usher in his leadership apologised and conferred on him the patron-ship position and award of excellence, describing him as a hero.
He also read a letter of apology authored by Abube Village, a village that previously accused Aghadinuno of land grabbing, as well as the findings by a committee setup to look into the issues which among other things, pronounced him innocent of all the allegations.
He, therefore, appealed for his support and guidance with a view to take Nando to an enviable height. Other stakeholders of the community including Chief Clement Udeanyinya and Chief Onyeka Akwaeze, praised the courage of Aghadinuno for seeking justice and for accepting to forgive all after been cleared.
Meanwhile , Chief Ignatius Aghadinuno assured that he would rally round the new executive to ensure they succeed in their administration. He said he has forgiven all those who betrayed him.
He also formally handed over several projects executed by his administration to the new one. The projects include the state government community infrastructural programme (N20m-choose-your project), renovation of markets and schools, skills acquisition centre, health post, and others.
