By Suleiman Anyalewechi
“I am not a political prisoner. I have never been, and I can never be. The situation in Enugu State is not an isolated case.
“For example, in Anambra, the National leadership did not care to hear the voice of HE Senator Chris Ngige before awarding the gubernatorial ticket to the highest bidder.
“In Abia state, where are the likes of Dr Ikechi Emenike ,and Anyim Nyerenye? In Ebonyi State, where is the voice of Senator Julius Ucha?
“In Imo state, where is HE Owelle Rochas Okorocha and Ugwumba Uche Nwosu? These are great men who risked it all ,and made tremendous sacrifices to ensure that APC gained ground in the South East .Today, their opinion no longer matter. So it is time to move on and discover a new frontier.”
With the above lamentation, former Enugu State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Dr Ben Nwoye, on Thursday, April 17, 2025, signed off as a member of the party of which he was a founding member in 2013.
At a Media briefing in Enugu, Nwoye expressed deep frustration over the jettisoning of the founding principles of the party as well as the debilitating internal contradictions, conflicts, and politics of vindictiveness that have engulfed the party.
According to him, the erosion of the core values of the APC is evident, and completely permissive in not just Enugu state but across the entire South East zone.
This, he insisted, has completely alienated almost all the founding chieftains of the party in all the five states of the region.
His resignation was contained in a letter addressed to the APC Chairman in his Amurri Ward of Nkanu West Local Council of Enugu State.
In the letter, Dr Nwoye, regretted that the APC in the State, and the South East region as whole has abandoned its core values, in exchange for individual agenda.
According to Nwoye, a former spokesperson for the Forum of APC State Chairmen, what remains of the once political behemouth are “two skeletal structures.
“With a deep sense of responsibility, I write to inform you that I hereby resign as a member of All Progressive Congress.
“My resignation is as a result of the disintegration of the leadership of the party in Enugu state .
“The bunch of “Broom” which we painstakingly tied together in 2013 at a time when we were called unprintable names ,has loosened and permanently scattered.
“All efforts made by the Party Elders to gather, the “Broom”, and reassemble it has failed. In its current form, further attempts to reassemble the ” Broom” in Enugu state is no longer practicable.
“What is left of the Broom are two skeletal structures. One of each structure is held by two strong men .One of the strong men claims chairmanship by judicial pronouncement.
“While the other claims chairmanship through arrogant disobedience of the same judicial pronouncement aided by the silent approval of National Leadership”, Nwoye’s resignation letter partly reads .
The former APC Chairman in the state, particularly expressed serious concern, that in the midst of the unfortunate situation, the national leadership of the party has continued not just playing the ostrich ,but encouraging the warring parties to self destruct and kill the party.
However, it is not yet known what will be the next political move of Nwoye. But speculations are rife, that like Hon Chijioke Edoga, the 2023 gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party LP, Nwoye may most likely be joining forces with Governor Peter Mba in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
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