Why I quit PDP for APC —Mbah

•We’ve resolved to extremity fragmented authorities successful S-East
•Move is not for idiosyncratic summation oregon ambition
•Shettima, Akpabio, Yilwatda, APC govs, others tempest Enugu

By Clifford Ndujihe, Anayo Okoli & Dennis Agbo

THE past People’s Democratic Party, PDP, politician successful the South-East, Peter Mbah of Enugu State, yesterday, dumped the enactment successful benignant and berthed successful the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Indeed, each roads led to Enugu, the South-East zonal headquarters, arsenic President Bola Tinubu, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, and a big of APC governors, senators, and leaders stormed the metropolis to springiness Mbah a royal reception.

Ruling retired idiosyncratic summation oregon ambition for his action, Governor Mbah, who defected with each elected PDP officials and leaders successful Enugu, said it was a corporate governmental household decision.

Indeed, his contiguous predecessors, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Sullivan Chime, and erstwhile Senate President Ken Nnamani were astatine the packed Okpara Square venue of the reception, which wrapped up a bid of defection activities that started astatine the Government House earlier successful the day.

Roll call

On manus to invited Mbah were Vice President Kashim Shettima, who represented President Bola Tinubu, Senate President God’swill Akpabio; Prof Nentawe Yilwatda; Governors Hope Uzodimma (Imo); Abdul Rahman Abdulrasaz (Kwara); Francis Nwifuru (Ebonyi); and Usman Ododo (Kogi); Senator Dave Umahi, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Senator Rochas Okorocha; Senator Ken Nnamani, Senator Adams Oshiomhole; House of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abass; Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu; and erstwhile governors of Enugu State – Sullivan Chine and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi among others.

Mbah said the full PDP governmental household of Enugu State had migrated to the APC,adding that it was a historical time that the stakeholders ended fragmented authorities successful the South-East to forge a beardown confederation with the centre.

He assured that his achievements would proceed astatine a faster gait due to the fact that APC is simply a beardown level that would alteration him to accelerate his achievements.

The assorted APC leaders took turns to invited Mbah.

Speaking, APC National Chairman, Yilwatda, urged Mbah to accommodate and transportation each enactment stakeholders successful Enugu along.

Vice President Shettima said it was bully that Mbah, who helium said is the person of the APC successful Enugu, had joined the ruling party, £Tomorrow is present and time is successful APC.”

Shettima stated that the South East indigenes are resilient and industrious radical who, unfortunately, person suffered governmental marginalization, but that with their present mainstreaming successful the nationalist politics, the erstwhile marginalisation has go a happening of the past.

Shettima said: “Igbo are the Jews of Nigeria and precise mobile people, sadly, 1 of the top parts of Nigeria has been connected the borderline of nationalist politics; but with the coming of Governors Mbah, Uzodimma, and Nwifuru, Ndigbo person travel to the mainstream.”

The Vice President stated that, henceforth, Governor Mbah has go the person of the APC successful Enugu State, adding that everything planned for the South East would present get to Enugu State.

Earlier astatine the Government House, Governor Peter Mbah said the determination to articulation the ruling APC was not for idiosyncratic summation but a corporate determination for the bully of the people.

According to Mbah, though helium takes work for the determination but it was a corporate determination that volition payment Ndi Enugu.

“What matters to the radical of Enugu is bully governance; it does not substance if it is the umbrella oregon the broom”, helium said, adding that “we person identified a stronger level that volition service the radical better.”

The politician said his determination was not “a betrayal oregon abandonment of the mandate of the radical but taking the mandate wherever it“will service the radical optimally, a stronger platform.”

Mbah, who spoke connected media chat, said: “The determination is much astir the people, not personal.
“For me, it is astir what serves the champion involvement of Ndi Enugu; it is simply a corporate determination for the bully of the people.”

Earlier successful his code to the radical of Enugu connected his ceremonial declaration for APC, the politician told them, “Today, aft a agelong reflection, we person made the determination to permission the...