Mbah: Enugu cabinet members join APC, as Sunday Udeh-Okoye resigns from PDP

By Anayo Okoli

ENUGU — Ahead of Governor Peter Mbah’s anticipated ceremonial defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) connected Tuesday, each members of his furniture person dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling party.

Their defection comes conscionable arsenic Sunday Udeh-Okoye, a erstwhile National Youth Leader of the PDP and one-time contender for the party’s National Secretary position, besides resigned from the party, citing nonaccomplishment of motivation absorption and ideological decay.

Governor Mbah’s Senior Media Aide, Dan Nwomeh, confirmed the wide defection successful a video posted connected his societal media handles connected Monday. In the video, respective authorities officials were seen openly declaring their allegiance to the APC, chanting praises for President Bola Tinubu and affirming their committedness to the caller party.

“Enugu State Cabinet Members articulation the APC with afloat thorax on with Governor PN Mbah,” Nwomeh stated.

The officials, including commissioners and apical aides, could beryllium heard successful the video declaring, “We are present successful APC; time is here; it is APC each the way; it is Jagaban each the way; from apical to bottom.”

The corporate defection marks a important governmental displacement successful Enugu State, which has been a PDP stronghold since 1999.

Meanwhile, Sunday Udeh-Okoye formally announced his resignation from the PDP successful a missive dated October 13, addressed to the enactment president successful his Agbogugu Ward, Awgu Local Government Area.

In the letter, Udeh-Okoye lamented that the PDP had strayed from the ideals of its founding fathers, stating that the enactment had “lost its motivation compass and ideological direction.”

“The determination to discontinue the enactment did not travel lightly,” helium wrote. “The PDP was an integral portion of my governmental journey, offering maine opportunities to contention and service successful assorted offices. For these privileges, I stay profoundly grateful.”

“However, I tin nary longer, successful bully conscience, stay wrong a strategy that has strayed truthful acold from its archetypal purpose. I americium compelled to portion ways with the PDP arsenic I embark connected a progressive travel dedicated to restoring the values of democracy, accountability, and work to the people,” the missive added.

Udeh-Okoye, who served successful the Enugu State House of Assembly from 2011 to 2017 and arsenic PDP National Youth Leader betwixt 2017 and 2021, was a cardinal fig successful the party’s interior situation pursuing his contention with Senator Samuel Anyanwu for the National Secretary presumption — a quality that deepened divisions wrong the PDP.

With Governor Mbah’s imminent defection and the wide question of his cabinet, governmental observers accidental the improvement could change the equilibrium of powerfulness successful Enugu authorities and further weaken the PDP’s grip connected the state.

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