Guber Race: Respect Zoning Agreement, Enugu APC Tells Senatorial Districts

The leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State has urged the three senatorial districts to resist the temptation of thwarting the existing governorship zoning arrangement that has promoted harmony ahead of the 2027 general elections.

It also urged the electorate not to allow themselves to be used by the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) as instrument of disunity or destabilisation when the time  comes.

The state caretaker committee chairman of the APC, Dr Ben Nwoye, stated this at the weekend during the inauguration of the party’s ward and local government executive committees in Nkanu West local government area of the state.

Nwoye who was accompanied by the state secretary of the committee and former speaker of Enugu State House of Assembly, Barrister Eugene Odo among others noted that such agreement has promoted enduring political peace in the state over the years, hence the need to sustain it in the interest of the state.

“Don’t be deceived by members of the ADC, who are aggrieved politicians and may want to thwart the existing agreement” adding that the incumbent Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah has done marvelously well in all sectors of the state economy, and deserves a second term in office.

The Nkanu West LGA inauguration was part of the final leg of the APC statewide tour to inaugurate the newly constituted local government and ward executives of the party in all the 17 local government areas and 260 political wards of the state.

Other members of the state Caretaker Committee that accompanied Nwoye , were former Minister of Defence Ambassador Fidelia Njeze; Comrade Peter Chime; Dr. (Mrs.) Oby Ajih; Dr. Chiedozie Nwafor; and Engr. Emma Ekeh. They were received by a mammoth crowd of party faithful, stakeholders, and government officials.

Also in the delegation were the immediate past PDP State Chairman, Dr. Martin Chukwunweike, and the Governor’s Political Adviser, Hon. Chief Frank Anioma.

In his speech, Dr. Nwoye described the APC as the winning party in Enugu State, noting that its prospects were already becoming evident.

Inline with the said agreement, the APC chairman called on the senatorial zones in the state to support governor Peter Mbah in 2027 so as to enable him complete his second term in office.