Dr Odogwu Emeka Odogwu, a lecturer in the Mass Communication Department of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has actually emerged the brand-new chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists(NUJ)in

Anambra State. He was stated the winner of the extremely keenly objected to election by the chairman of the electoral committee, Victor Agusiobo, an experienced reporter and two-term chairman of the state council.

Odogwu, a Senior Editor with a leading Nigerian Newspaper, polled 110 votes out of the overall variety of 213 votes cast in the election, kept in Awka.

Odogwu’s competitor, Mr Abuchi Onwumelu, a Senior Reporter at a private newspaper polled 103 votes.

Mrs Ngozi Obileri, an Editor with the Anambra Broadcasting Service (ABS) emerged the Vice Chairman of the council, after ballot 142 votes to defeat her rival, Mrs Betty Onuchukwu who surveyed 71 votes.