The APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, on Friday, October 10, 2025, inaugurated the seven-member Enugu State APC Caretaker Committee at the Party’s National Secretariat, Abuja. The Committee, chaired by Dr. Ben Nwoye, will oversee the affairs of the Party in the state.
Recall that the National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had announced the dissolution of the party’s leadership in Enugu State.
Durosinmi Meseko, the deputy national publicity secretary of the APC, disclosed this in a statement posted on the party’s official Facebook page on Friday.
Mr Meseko said the NWC approved the dissolution at its 179th meeting at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Thursday.
The deputy national publicity secretary said the APC National Chairperson, Nentawe Yilwatda, a professor, presided over the meeting.
Mr Meseko said the NWC constituted a seven-member caretaker committee to oversee the affairs of the party in the state pending the election of substantive leadership.
Ben Nwoye, a former chairperson of the APC in Enugu State, was appointed caretaker chairperson, while a former speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Eugene Odoh, emerged as secretary.
Other members of the committee are Fidelia Njoeze, Peter Chime, Oby Ajih, Chiedozie Nwafor and Emma Ekeh.
The official said the dissolution of the APC’s leadership in Enugu State was intended to reposition the party in the state for “greater unity and effectiveness.”
Before the dissolution, Ugochukwu Agballah was the state’s chairperson of the APC.
Uche Nnaji, who recently resigned as the minister of innovation, Science, and technology, was the leader of the party in the state.
The dissolution came days after a PREMIUM TIMES’ investigation exposed how Mr Nnaji forged his degree and NYSC certificates, resulting in his resignation from office as minister.
Sources say the dissolution of the APC leadership was done to pave the way for the planned defection of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State from the PDP to the APC.
Unlike Mr Nwoye, who recently asked Mr Mbah to join the APC, Messrs Agballah and Nnaji fiercely opposed the governor’s planned defection to the party.