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Asogwa Eluma Kennedy, who is styled Ken Eluma Asogwa or Ken Asogwa in party releases and press, is the Labour Party (LP) deputy governorship candidate in Enugu State for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), running mate to Ugwu Okwudilichukwu Chukwudera. INEC lists him as a 47-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the First School Leaving Certificate, WAEC, LLB, B.L. and an MA; The Sun…
Asogwa Eluma Kennedy, who is styled Ken Eluma Asogwa or Ken Asogwa in party releases and press, is the Labour Party (LP) deputy governorship candidate in Enugu State for the election of 6 February 2027 (INEC final list, 10 October 2026), running mate to Ugwu Okwudilichukwu Chukwudera. INEC lists him as a 47-year-old man whose declared qualifications are the First School Leaving Certificate, WAEC, LLB, B.L. and an MA; The Sun calls him Barrister. He is the Labour Party's National Publicity Secretary: his name appears as such in the party's list of National Working Committee members elected at its national convention in Umuahia on Tuesday 28 April 2026, when Senator Nenadi Usman was elected national chairman, and he speaks for the party in the press (Punch, 11 May 2026). On 22 January 2026 Daily Post described him as Senior Special Adviser on Media Matters to the national chairman. In a Daily Sun interview (4 September 2026) he said he had been chief of staff to Senator Okey Ezea of Enugu North (years not stated). Details of the Labour Party's 2026 Enugu primary and of his earlier career were not found in public sources as of October 2026.
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Labour Party (national secretariat)
Listed as National Publicity Secretary among the National Working Committee members elected at the party's national convention in Umuahia on Tuesday 28 April 2026 (party statement carried by Tribune and The Whistler); speaks for the party in the press (Punch, 11 May 2026; Daily Post, 15 Jul 2026). Still in post as of The Sun interview of 4 Sep 2026. Whether he held the title…
Listed as National Publicity Secretary among the National Working Committee members elected at the party's national convention in Umuahia on Tuesday 28 April 2026 (party statement carried by Tribune and The Whistler); speaks for the party in the press (Punch, 11 May 2026; Daily Post, 15 Jul 2026). Still in post as of The Sun interview of 4 Sep 2026. Whether he held the title before the convention was not found.
Labour Party (National Chairman's office)
Daily Post (22 Jan 2026) describes him as Senior Special Adviser to Labour Party National Chairman Nenadi Usman on Media Matters. Appointment date and end of this role not found; he was elected National Publicity Secretary on 28 Apr 2026.
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INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Enugu State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 9; INEC name: ASOGWA ELUMA KENNEDY; age 47; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC LLB. B L. MA; governorship candidate: Ugwu Okwudilichukwu Chukwudera · Named as the Labour Party's deputy governorship candidate on INEC's final list (10 Oct 2026),…
INEC final list of candidates (Governorship, Enugu State), published 2026-10-10 — SN 9; INEC name: ASOGWA ELUMA KENNEDY; age 47; male; qualification (as declared to INEC): FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE WAEC LLB. B L. MA; governorship candidate: Ugwu Okwudilichukwu Chukwudera · Named as the Labour Party's deputy governorship candidate on INEC's final list (10 Oct 2026), beside governorship candidate Ugwu Okwudilichukwu Chukwudera. The Sun interviewed him on 2/4 Sep 2026 as the 'Enugu State Labour Party (LP) Deputy Governorship candidate and the National Publicity Secretary of the party' (it spells him Asowga in places); party releases write his name Ken Eluma Asogwa. Date and manner of his selection were not found.
Office of Senator Okey Ezea (Enugu North)
By his own account in a Daily Sun interview (4 Sep 2026): 'as the Chief of Staff to former Senator Okey Ezea'. Single self-reported source; years not stated or found.
Declared to INEC (2027 governorship final list, Enugu State): First School Leaving Certificate, WAEC, LLB, B.L. and MA; institutions and years not published.
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Labour Party (LP) deputy governorship candidate in Enugu State on INEC's final list (10 October 2026) and the party's National Publicity Secretary since the 28 April 2026 convention; date joined not found
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