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By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: The Peoples Democratic Party PDP successful Enugu State is connected the brink of full illness arsenic Governor Peter Mbah prepares to pb a monolithic exodus of the state’s full governmental operation into the All Progressives Congress APC.
In what enactment leaders described arsenic the “death knell” of the PDP successful Enugu, APC caretaker president successful the state, Dr. Ben Nwoye, revealed successful Abuja that Mbah volition formally defect connected Tuesday October 14, 2024, accompanied by each 260 ward councillors, 24 members of the State House of Assembly, National Assembly members and the full PDP State Executive Committee.
“Political evangelism has started. We went to the governor, and helium has agreed to determination with america into APC. He is not coming alone, helium is coming with the full operation of Enugu PDP,” Nwoye declared, drafting thunderous applause astatine the inauguration of the Enugu APC caretaker committee connected Friday successful Abuja.
The defection, described by insiders arsenic the astir consequential governmental realignment successful the Southeast since 1999, volition efficaciously hide the PDP’s 25-year dominance successful Enugu and reposition the Southeast successful Nigeria’s ruling coalition.
APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda who inaugurated the caretaker committee charged the caller Enugu enactment to consolidate the daze defection into a lasting governmental conquest:
“APC is location for all. The idiosyncratic who came yesterday, today, oregon time has adjacent rights. Our extremity is simple; to expand, to triumph and to present overwhelming triumph successful 2027,” Yilwatda said.
Deputy National Chairman (South), Emma Eneukwu, said the improvement marks the instrumentality of the Southeast to nationalist relevance.
“We volition nary longer play 2nd fiddle. With Enugu successful APC, the Southeast has recovered its dependable again”, helium declared.
Party leaders judge that the determination volition decimate PDP’s power successful the region, unfastened the floodgates for defections successful Anambra and Abia, and springiness APC its strongest foothold yet successful the Southeast up of the 2027 elections.
“Where Enugu goes, the Southeast goes. Never again volition absorption predominate our region. Governor Mbah has transformed Enugu successful 2 years. Now helium volition anchor APC’s Renewed Hope Agenda successful the Southeast”, said Nwoye.
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