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Enugu West senatorial district in Enugu State covers five local governments of Aniniri, Awgu, Ezeagu, Oji River and Udi. Agwu is the collation centre for Enugu West senatorial district. Senator Osita Ngwu, an engineer and an accomplished industrialist is currently representing the people of Enugu West in the 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The 1949 Enugu Colliery Massacre, also known as The Iva Valley Shooting, took place on 18 November 1949, when a British Superintendent of Police, F.S. Philip, commanding a number of British and Nigerian Police Officers ordered the shooting of unarmed protesting coal mine workers of the Iva Valley Coal Mine who were on strike.
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