Barring any last-minute changes, arrangements have been concluded for the Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, to formally defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The party’s national leadership disclosed this on Friday during the swearing-in of the newly inaugurated Enugu State executive committee, led by a former state chairman, Ben Nwoye, at the APC national headquarters in Abuja.
Speaking at the event, the APC National Chairman, Dr. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, and the Deputy National Chairman (South), Chief Emma Enukwu, confirmed that consultations and negotiations had reached an advanced stage to welcome the governor into the ruling party.
They described Mbah’s planned defection as a major political development that would strengthen the APC’s base in the South-East ahead of future elections.
Also speaking, the newly inaugurated state chairman, Ben Nwoye, affirmed that the governor would join the APC alongside several of his political appointees and associates.
Nwoye expressed optimism that the move would further consolidate the party’s growing influence in Enugu State.