For Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress APC, the bells of implosion toll, with combatants morphing into camps, ready for a dig into the trenches.
The immediate bone of contention is the gale of suspensions rocking the party, with the latest being that involving Mrs Ginika Tor, a Federal Commissioner representing Enugu on the Board of the Federal Character Commission, FCC.
But Hon Ben Nwoye former Chairman of APC in the state, has a cautionary word for the Ugochukwu Agballah led Enugu State APC Working Committee. “Instead of engaging in incessant suspension of old members, the party should put machineries in motion to receive into its fold new members.”
Hon. Nwoye’s admonition is coming on the heels of the ratification on Tuesday March 19 2024 of the suspension of Mrs Tor by the South East zonal Executive over alleged anti party activities.
The FCC Commissioner had earlier been suspended by the Enugu State chapter of the party citing gross misconduct ,anti party activities ,and divisive tendencies as reasons.
The Enugu state working committee said it arrived at the decision to suspend Mrs Tor after a thorough investigation of a series of petitions written against her .
The allegations according to the SWC were established by the Bar.Vincent Chineyine led investigation committee of the party.
In a statement signed by the National Vice Chairman APC South East Dr Ijeomah Arodiogbu, and copied the National Chairman of APC Dr Abdullayi Umar Ganduje , South East leader of the Party Governor Hope Uzodinma, APC Deputy National Chairman South Chief Emma Eneukwu and Chief Uche Nnaji the Minister of Innovation ,Science and Technology ,the South East zonal working committee affirmed the suspension of Mrs Tor as earlier carried out by the Enugu state Chapter.
But at press briefing in Enugu on Wednesday March 20 ,Nwoye described the purported suspension of Mrs Tor as unconstitutional and laughable,.
According to the Enugu APC former Chairman, Mrs Tor and or any other persons at that ,can only be suspended by her ward following laid down procedures.
Hon Nwoye who lamented the spate of avoidable suspensions of members under the leadership of Chief Agballah ,called on the SWC to refrain from acts capable of distablising the party ,adding that it should focus on how to woo new members into the APC fold.
Hon Nwoye recalled how the Agballah led Enugu APC SWC had in the count down to the 2023 general elections slammed suspension order on former Governor Sullivan Chime ,Senator Ken Nnamani former Senate president, former Speaker of Enugu State House Of Assembly Eugene Odoh and host of other elders and major stakeholders of the party in the state.
Hon Nwoye ,while calling on President Bola Tinubu and other leaders of APC at the national level to reign in the Enugu SWC, urged the leaderships of the party both in Enugu and the SouthEast to carefully avail themselves of and study carefully the APC Constitution so as avoid further embarrassment of the party .
” Iam not aware that the political ward of Tor at any point suspended her .Iam also not aware that there was an appeal to her local government party executive,let alone a suspension order that was purportedly ratified by the SWC of the party .” Nwoye noted.
He therefore cautioned the South East Vice Chairman Dr Arodiogbu  against actions that are capable of tarnishing her image ,as well as portraying her as some one only out to hound those believed to have supported the presidential ambition of Tinubu in 2023 .
