By Chinedu Adonu
Barely 48 hours after the political tsunami that swept your complete Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) construction in Enugu into the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Chairman of the Labour Get together (LP) in Enugu East Native Authorities Space, Afam Joseph Ogbene, has resigned from the occasion together with your complete ward govt and defected to the APC.
Addressing APC leaders and a crowd of supporters who equally joined him within the occasion at Umuchigbo, Iji-Nike, Civic Centre, Ogbene mentioned his resolution was impressed by the foresight and purposeful management of Governor Peter Mbah, who formally moved from the PDP to the APC on Tuesday.
He described the choice as tough however obligatory, noting that the transfer was in alignment together with his need to assist Mbah’s developmental imaginative and prescient for Enugu State.
“In the present day, I handle you, the great individuals of Enugu East Native Authorities Space, out of the fullness of my coronary heart. It’s with hope, expectations, and pleasure that I announce my resolution to resign my place as Chairman of the Labour Get together in Enugu East and to additionally withdraw my membership of the occasion,” he mentioned.
“This resolution was not made flippantly, contemplating the exhausting work and sacrifices we invested in constructing the occasion of our goals. Sadly, these efforts had been rendered futile by inside crises orchestrated by enemies inside.
“After huge consultations with my household, mates, and supporters, I made a decision to formally resign and be part of the APC. After I heard of the upcoming defection of our amiable and hardworking Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, from the PDP to the APC, I turned satisfied that this was the correct time to align with him in his mission to rebuild and remodel Enugu State.”
Ogbene added that his supporters and ward executives had additionally resolved to affix the APC in solidarity with the governor’s “unusual and unprecedented developmental strides.”
“We’re dedicated to supporting His Excellency, Dr. Mbah, out of our personal free will. We recognise his efficiency since assuming workplace and consider in his capability to ship much more. Therefore, we aren’t contemplating any various in 2027,” he declared.
Receiving Ogbene and his staff on behalf of the governor, the Honourable Commissioner for Rural Growth, Native Authorities and Chieftaincy Affairs, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, counseled their braveness and described the defection as “a complete collapse of the Labour Get together in Enugu East.”
“You’re a chief per excellence,” Ogbodo mentioned. “What is going on right here in the present day is historic — the primary complete collapse of the Labour Get together in any native authorities space of the state. The mammoth crowd right here in the present day reveals your affect and credibility.
“It’s time for Ndigbo to affix the mainstream of nationwide politics the place energy and alternatives are shared. We will now not afford to play fragmented politics. Energy in Nigeria is shared on the centre, and we should be the place it’s shared.”
On his half, the chairman of Enugu East Native Authorities Space, Pastor Beloved-Dan Anike welcomed Ogbene into the APC, noting that the collapse of the Labour Get together in Enugu East Native Authorities, a primary in your complete state, was a factor of pleasure.
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