The All Progressives Congress has announced that Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, will officially defect from the Peoples Democratic Party to the ruling party on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, in Enugu.
Speaking to journalists after his swearing-in at the APC National Secretariat on Friday, the Enugu APC Caretaker Chairman, Dr Ben Nwoye, said Mbah would join the ruling party with several lawmakers and key leaders across the state.
The APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, and the Deputy National Chairman (South), Emma Eneukwu, while inaugurating a seven-member caretaker committee for the party in Enugu, revealed that efforts were underway to strengthen the APC’s presence and influence in the South-East.
Earlier, Yilwatda informed members of the caretaker committee that he was aware they would need to rebuild the party in the state.
The APC National Chairman stated: “We know the challenges that we’re in, the need to rebuild the party, to keep the party, to refocus the party, to ensure that the party expands expansion in terms of membership.
“We want to see the number of people that we have in the APC increase under your leadership, without forgetting the members that we already have in the APC. You can’t throw away what you have because you want to go and get what you don’t have. We must maintain our members those who have laboured, who have suffered, who have built the party, who have sustained it. We are the building blocks of the party. We must be sustained, we must be kept, we must be nurtured, we must be honoured. That’s what keeps this party together.
“Secondly, the APC is a home to all. The person who came yesterday, the person that came today, the person that will come tomorrow, and the person that will come next tomorrow will all have equal rights and equal access, based on our Constitution.”
The chairman stated that as the 2027 elections approach, the ruling party is determined to achieve an overwhelming victory.
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