South-East PDP Backs Ogbu For National Woman Leader

The South-East Zonal Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared its support for the election of Mrs Chinenyenwa Ogbu as the national woman leader of the party.

The zone further clarified that Ogbu is a bona fide member of the party contrary to some reports that she defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) along with Gov Peter Mbah of Enugu State who left PDP for the APC some weeks ago.

Ogbu is the current president of the National Council of Women Societies, Enugu State chapter.

A statement signed by the PDP South-East Zonal Secretary, Hon James Ugwuw, which was made available to newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday, stated that Ogbu contested, won and became the president of the National Council of Women Societies, Enugu State, some years before the present administration in the state.

The letter, dated October 27, 2025, was addressed to the Chairman, Screening Committee, Peoples Democratic Party 2025 National Officers Election Convention.

The statement said Ogbu was nominated by the stakeholders for the position of National Woman Leader upon which “she picked her nomination form by herself, completed and submitted it far before Mbah’s defection to the opposition party”.

The zone described the information being circulated that her nomination form was secretly issued to her as “completely false”.

Ugwu affirmed that Mrs Ogbu did not defect to the opposition party with Gov Mbah. According to him, the Zonal Working Committee of PDP, South East, verified the news and found out that it was false. The zone therefore recommended her for clearance by your committee.

Our correspondent reports that the leadership of the PDP in Enugu State decamped to the APC along with Gov Mbah during his defection from PDP to APC. The development collapsed the PDP structure in the state.

The National Officers Election Convention of PDP holds from 15th to 16th Nov 2025 in Ibadan.