APC to receive Enugu gov, exco, lawmakers as members on Tuesday
The All Progressives Congress has announced that Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, will officially defect from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling party on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, in Enugu.
Speaking to journalists after his swearing-in at the APC National Secretariat on Friday, the Enugu APC Caretaker Chairman, Dr Ben Nwoye, said Mbah would join the ruling party with several lawmakers and key leaders across the state.
The APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and the Deputy National Chairman (South), Emma Eneukwu, while inaugurating a seven-member caretaker committee for the party in Enugu, revealed that efforts were underway to strengthen the APC’s presence and influence in the South-East.
PUNCH Online recalls that the APC, on Wednesday, dissolved the Enugu State Executive Committee to pave the way for Governor Mbah’s defection to the ruling party.
Nwoye stated: “For the past 10 years, Enugu State has remained in opposition. But all that will change on Tuesday, the 14th of October, 2025, when the governor will be declaring for the APC.
“And the governor is not coming alone. The governor is coming in with 260 ward councillors. They will be declaring with the governor. He will be coming in with the 24 members of the House of Assembly. He will be coming in with members of the National Assembly. He will also be coming with the entire Exco.”
Earlier, Yilwatda informed members of the caretaker committee that he was aware they would need to rebuild the party in the state.
The APC National Chairman stated: “We know the challenges that we’re in, the need to rebuild the party, to keep the party, to refocus the party, to ensure that the party expands — expansion in terms of membership.
“We want to see the number of people that we have in the APC increase under your leadership, without forgetting the members that we already have in the APC. You can’t throw away what you have because you want to go and get what you don’t have. We must maintain our members — those who have laboured, who have suffered, who have built the party, who have sustained it. We are the building blocks of the party. We must be sustained, we must be kept, we must be nurtured, we must be honoured. That’s what keeps this party together.
“Secondly, the APC is a home to all. The person who came yesterday, the person that came today, the person that will come tomorrow, and the person that will come next tomorrow will all have equal rights and equal access, based on our Constitution.”
The chairman stated that as the 2027 elections approach, the ruling party is determined to achieve an overwhelming victory.
“The NWC has to follow due process in dissolving the state working committee. Ensure that all legal processes are followed.
“I don’t expect that you will go and form yourself into a group that will work based on personal interests or personal dislike for anyone. The fact that you are in an office means even your enemies must become your friends. You must treat your friends and your enemies equally. You must hold that office because you took an oath, and that oath specifies what you are supposed to do as a leader in the party. That is important for us. That is important for the party.”
