The contest for the Otukpo/Ohimini Federal Constituency of Benue State in 2019 will feature a new face, promising a fresh approach to representative politics and real change.  The promise comes not from a professional politician, but from Manni Ochugboju, a former activist of the National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) and a London based lawyer of 27 years before relocating to Nigeria.

Ochugboju has a long history of activism and championing the cause of ordinary Nigerians from his days as a political science student at the famed Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.  It was here that he came under the influence of progressive academics such as Yusufu Bala Usman and Patrick Wilmot.