…As Enugu APC Caretaker Committee Dissolves LG, Ward Excos
Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu
About thirteen governors of the All Progressives Congress, members of the party’s National Working Committee and twenty two state chairmen of the party have been tipped to be in Enugu ahead of the defection of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling All Progressives Congress, PACESETTER can authoritatively confirm.
This is also as the APC has dissolved all its local government and ward executive committees in Enugu State in a major reorganisation move aimed at revitalising the party’s structure and accommodating the defectors.
These were made known to PACESETTER during a telephone conversation between PACESETTER’s correspondent and the Caretaker committee chairman of the APC in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye.
Nwoye confirmed that the announcement of the dissolution occurred during a stakeholders’ meeting of the Enugu West Senatorial District held at the Golden Royal Hotel.
He said the decision followed a nationwide directive from the APC National Working Committee (NWC) to restructure state chapters for greater cohesion.
“We must embrace unity and make it our watchword. Nobody is bigger than the party. Whether you joined yesterday or years ago, here, we are all equal. We do not want anyone to be excluded. We will ensure that both the defectors and the current members of the APC are all accommodated”, Nwoye said.
Nwoye added that the reorganisation aligns with his caretaker mandate and disclosed that an e-registration exercise will soon be launched to modernise party operations. The initiative, he noted, will be inaugurated by the national chairman in Owerri, Imo State.
Confirming the presence of the governors, NWC and state chairmen at tomorrow’s defection ceremony, he said:
“I have gotten signal that 13 governors under the platform of our great party will be in attendance to receive our dear governor, Dr. Peter Mbah of Enugu State, as he defects to our party tomorrow.
“As of now that I’m speaking to you, 22 State Chairmen of the APC have confirmed to me that they will also be present.
“Mbah’s move is significant and strategic. As a high performer that he is, we are very glad by this decision to join the APC and I’m certain that the people of Enugu State will begin to see the gains of this move in no distant time”.