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By Chinedu Adonu
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) successful Enugu State person threatened to signifier a protestation successful Abuja if attempts by immoderate enactment leaders to artifact Governor Peter Mbah’s defection to the ruling enactment continue.
The informing was issued astatine the play aft a gathering of stakeholders from the six section authorities areas of Enugu East Senatorial Zone.
They accused the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, of allegedly moving against Mbah’s anticipated move, urging him to ore connected his nationalist duty instead.
Among those astatine the gathering were erstwhile APC authorities chairman, Dr. Ben Nwoye; retired Nigerian ambassador to Ukraine, Gen. Christian Ugwu; contiguous past Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Prof. Hilary Edoga; erstwhile governorship candidate, Chief Gab Nnamani; Chief Anike Nwoga; Hon. Hyacinth Ngwu; and Mrs. Juliet Egbo.
Dr. Nwoye said Mbah’s defection would crook astir APC’s electoral misfortunes successful Enugu, insisting that the governor’s show had already won him the people’s admiration.
“Our program is to reverse APC’s abysmal show successful Enugu. The rumours are everyplace that Mbah should determination to APC due to the fact that helium has performed. Those putting a wedge to halt him don’t privation APC to triumph successful Enugu, but we won’t let that,” Nwoye declared.
He added that Mbah’s strides successful roads, education, healthcare, and information had attracted commendation from President Bola Tinubu contempt their governmental differences.
Also speaking, Chief Anike Nwoga warned that if the curate and his allies continued to “spread hate” and defy the governor’s entry, stakeholders would march to the Presidency to request Nnaji’s removal.
“APC hasn’t won immoderate large spot successful Enugu before. If Peter comes over, the enactment volition statesman to win. Some of them privation APC to suffer successful 2027 truthful they tin beryllium choky successful their Abuja appointments,” helium alleged.
Prof. Edoga argued that the Enugu APC would beryllium “marginalizing itself” if it rejected Mbah, pointing to states similar Akwa Ibom and Delta wherever governors pb the party.
On his part, Gen. Ugwu pledged enactment for the defection, stressing that competence should beryllium placed supra idiosyncratic ambition.
“We person a much competent antheral successful Mbah. That’s wherefore I’m joining those calling him to travel to APC. We’ve already prepared grounds for him,” helium said.
Mrs. Egbo added that if the politician joined the APC, Enugu would bask greater national attraction similar Imo and Ebonyi.
The gathering ended with a unanimous telephone connected the APC nationalist enactment to backmost Mbah’s defection, informing that immoderate effort to frustrate the process could trigger wide protests by stakeholders from Enugu East.
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