Enugu LP chairman, entire ward excos resign, join Mbah in APC

By Chinedu Adonu

Barely 48 hours aft the governmental tsunami that swept the full Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) operation successful Enugu into the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) successful Enugu East Local Government Area, Afam Joseph Ogbene, has resigned from the enactment on with the full ward enforcement and defected to the APC.

Addressing APC leaders and a assemblage of supporters who arsenic joined him successful the enactment astatine Umuchigbo, Iji-Nike, Civic Centre, Ogbene said his determination was inspired by the foresight and purposeful enactment of Governor Peter Mbah, who officially moved from the PDP to the APC connected Tuesday.

He described the determination arsenic hard but necessary, noting that the determination was successful alignment with his tendency to enactment Mbah’s developmental imaginativeness for Enugu State.

“Today, I code you, the bully radical of Enugu East Local Government Area, retired of the fullness of my heart. It is with hope, expectations, and excitement that I denote my determination to resign my presumption arsenic Chairman of the Labour Party successful Enugu East and to besides retreat my rank of the party,” helium said.

“This determination was not made lightly, considering the hard enactment and sacrifices we invested successful gathering the enactment of our dreams. Unfortunately, those efforts were rendered futile by interior crises orchestrated by enemies within.

“After wide consultations with my family, friends, and supporters, I decided to formally resign and articulation the APC. When I heard of the imminent defection of our amiable and hardworking Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, from the PDP to the APC, I became convinced that this was the close clip to align with him successful his ngo to rebuild and alteration Enugu State.”

Ogbene added that his supporters and ward executives had besides resolved to articulation the APC successful solidarity with the governor’s “uncommon and unprecedented developmental strides.”

“We are committed to supporting His Excellency, Dr. Mbah, retired of our ain escaped will. We recognise his show since assuming bureau and judge successful his capableness to present adjacent more. Hence, we are not considering immoderate alternate successful 2027,” helium declared.

Receiving Ogbene and his squad connected behalf of the governor, the Honourable Commissioner for Rural Development, Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, commended their courageousness and described the defection arsenic “a full illness of the Labour Party successful Enugu East.”

“You are a person per excellence,” Ogbodo said. “What is happening present contiguous is historical — the archetypal full illness of the Labour Party successful immoderate section authorities country of the state. The mammoth assemblage present contiguous shows your power and credibility.

“It is clip for Ndigbo to articulation the mainstream of nationalist authorities wherever powerfulness and opportunities are shared. We tin nary longer spend to play fragmented politics. Power successful Nigeria is shared astatine the centre, and we indispensable beryllium wherever it is shared.”

On his part, the president of Enugu East Local Government Area, Pastor Beloved-Dan Anike welcomed Ogbene into the APC, noting that the illness of the Labour Party successful Enugu East Local Government, a archetypal successful the full state, was a happening of joy.

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