Sacked Enugu State APC EXCO rejects dissolution, fights back

…Directs members to disregard caretaker committee arrangement

By Anayo Okoli

ENUGU — The dissolved Enugu State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected its dissolution by the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), insisting that it was not informed of immoderate law breach, misconduct, oregon infraction to warrant specified action.

In a 12-point connection signed by members of the dissolved 40-member executive, the radical maintained that it was duly elected successful accordance with the provisions of the APC Constitution (2022 arsenic amended). They described the dissolution arsenic inconsistent with the party’s constitution and principles of interior democracy.

The connection work successful part:

“The attraction of the Enugu State Executive Committee of the APC has been drawn to a solution purportedly passed by the National Working Committee (NWC) during its 179th gathering held connected October 9, 2025, wherein it allegedly dissolved the duly elected Enugu State Executive Committee and appointed a seven-man caretaker committee led by Mr. Ben Nwoye.

“We privation to authorities unequivocally that the Enugu State Executive Committee was duly elected done the enactment legislature successful accordance with the APC Constitution. The Enugu State Chapter of the APC was ne'er informed of immoderate law breach, misconduct, oregon infraction that could warrant the purported dissolution.”

Citing Articles 21.1, 21.2, and 21.3 of the APC Constitution, the connection argued that lone the National Executive Committee (NEC), upon proposal from the Zonal Executive Committee, has the authorization to institute disciplinary proceedings against a authorities executive.

“The purported dissolution by the NWC truthful amounts to a gross overreach and is unconstitutional, arsenic the Enugu State Executive Committee has neither disobeyed immoderate directive nor engaged successful immoderate enactment of indiscipline,” it stated.

The dissolved EXCO besides alleged that astir of those named to service successful the caretaker committee were not successful bully lasting with the party, claiming that immoderate had been suspended for anti-party activities, portion 1 had antecedently resigned from the APC.

The connection further directed each elected officers astatine the state, section government, and ward levels to stay successful their positions and proceed carrying retired their law responsibilities.

“All members of the APC successful Enugu State are hereby instructed to disregard immoderate purported dissolution oregon caretaker arrangement, arsenic those down it deficiency the law authorization to contented specified directives. Members are powerfully advised not to be oregon enactment successful immoderate gathering convened by the said caretaker committee oregon its agents,” the connection concluded.

The Enugu APC situation deepened pursuing the NWC’s October 9 resolution, which announced the dissolution of the authorities enforcement and assignment of an interim enactment to oversee enactment affairs pending further directives from the nationalist secretariat.

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