Mbah’s APC defection move rips Enugu PDP apart

The planned defection of Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has divided key members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

While some PDP chieftains loyal to the governor hailed the move, others have vowed not to join him.

The APC, on Wednesday, dissolved the Enugu State Executive Committee of the party to pave the way for Mbah’s defection to the ruling party.

The party’s National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and Deputy National Chairman (South), Emma Eneukwu, while inaugurating a seven-member caretaker committee for the APC in Enugu, said efforts were underway to strengthen the party’s presence and influence in the South East.

The Enugu APC Caretaker Chairman, Dr Ben Nwoye, while speaking to journalists after his swearing-in at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on Friday, said the state governor would join the ruling party with other lawmakers and key leaders across the state.

“For the past 10 years, Enugu State has remained in opposition. But all that will change on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, when the governor will be declaring for APC.

“And the governor is not coming alone. The governor is coming in with 260 ward councillors. They will be declaring with the governor. He will be coming in with the 24 members of the House of Assembly. He will be coming in with members of the National Assembly. He will also be coming with the entire Exco.

“Political evangelism has started. We went to the governor, and he has agreed to move with us into APC. He is not coming alone, he is coming with the whole structure of Enugu PDP.

“Where Enugu goes, the Southeast goes. Never again will opposition dominate our region. Governor Mbah has transformed Enugu in two years. Now, he will anchor APC’s Renewed Hope Agenda in the South-East,” Nwoye said.