Immediate past chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has called on the South East Zonal Chairman of the party, Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, to set up a committee to investigate abuses against major stakeholders of the party in the state.
He stated that it was embarrassing how former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, former Governor, Sullivan Chime, Federal Commissioner, Ginika Tor, and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, among others were reportedly abused by the Ugo Agballah-led leadership in the guise of rebuilding APC in the state.
Nwoye made the call yesterday while reacting to purported resolutions made after a meeting of the APC stakeholders, attended by the state Chairman of the party, Ugo Agballah and others.
The stakeholders had, during the meeting, expressed readiness to reconsider the expulsion and suspension of some members of the party, including Nnamani, Chime, Tor, Onyeama, Nwoye, Eugene Odoh, Osita Okechukwu, among others.
Nwoye urged Arodiogbu to caution the state leadership, stressing that it was embarrassing how national caucus members, who have suffered for the party, are being bandied as “dissidents.”
The former Enugu APC chairman, who described Arodiogbu as “a father to everybody,” insisted that elections were over and that “what is needed now is for members of the party to come together to work for 2027 victory in Enugu state.”
He said: “This call has become important because we cannot continue to pretend that all is well with the Enugu chapter of APC. Just last week, the grassroots members of the party met in Enugu and passed a vote of no confidence on Agballa. It is this kind of problem that we may carry into the 2027 elections if not checked. I am appealing to the South East Zonal Chairman to set up a committee and investigate the state leadership to reconcile grievances in the party ahead of the next elections.
“Nnamani and Chime don’t deserve the abuses that Agballah is giving to them; we need to rebuild APC in Enugu State. We need to come together so that we will do better in future elections.”
Nwoye noted that although no congress led to the emergence of Agballah as chairman, there was a need for him to unite the party since he had been accepted as chairman.
