Ex-Enugu APC Chairman Resigns From Party

The immediate-past chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Dr.Ben Nwoye has resigned his membership of the party.

Nwoye, who announced his resignation at a press conference on Thursday, said the decision followed the disintegration of the leadership of the party in Enugu State.

Prior to taking the decision, Nwoye said he consulted his supporters and other stakeholders.

He did not however specify which political party he planned to join.

“The bunch of broom which we painstakingly tired together in 2013 at a time when they were called unprinted names has loosened and permanently scattered,” Nwoye said.

He stated that the leadership of the party in South-East were fully engaged in vindictive politics, stressing that they were not interested in adding another state to the two states the party controls in the region.

“The leadership of the party in South-East are fully engaged in vindictive politics. They are not interested in adding another State to the two States the party controls in the South-East.

“As far as they are concerned, the supremacy of the party is measured by how low they can go to oppress their perceived political enemies. These they do, without recourse to the core principles upon which APC stands – Justice, Peace and Unity. To say the least, the Zonal leadership in the South East has lost direction.”

He further accused the national leadership of the APC of “basking in the euphoria of power, being the party under which the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the majority of the members of the National Assembly were elected.

“The APC national leadership has therefore maintained willful blindness. Hence, allowing the warring factions to self-destruct and strangulate the party in Enugu State.

‘”To worsen the situation, the APC national leadership treats party elders’ calls for reconciliation with disdain and disrespect. Loyal party members calling for party unity are treated like conquered and captured political warriors.

”I engaged in extensive consultations with my grassroots followers and I have come to the conclusion that it is time to move on. I am not a political prisoner. I have never been and I can never be,” he stated.