Breaking: 3rd PDP Governor Set to Dump Party for APC, Date Emerges
- PDP governor Peter Mbah of Enugu is reportedly putting every in place to dump the party for the ruling APC
- Ben Nwoye, the APC national secretary and chairman of the state's APC caretaker committee, confirmed the development to journalists in Abuja on Friday, October 10
- Governor Mba would be the third PDP governor to join the APC before the end of 2025, along with their executives
Peter Mbah, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor of Enugu, is reportedly set to officially defect from the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), at the state capital, Enugu, on Tuesday, October 14.
The Southeast state governor is said to be moving to the ruling party along with the elected state and national assembly members from the state. Others in the defection train are members of the state executive council and party leaders from the ward to the local government levels in the state.
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APC inaugurates caretaker committee in Enugu
According to The Nation, the APC national chairman and deputy national chairman (South), Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda and Hon. Emma Eneukwu, gave the hint. They disclosed the plan while speaking at the inauguration of a seven-man caretaker committee from the APC in the state. They said efforts are ongoing to strengthen the APC in the South-East region.
Ben Nwoye, the APC national secretary, confirmed the development to journalists in Abuja on Friday, October 10, while being inaugurated as the chairman of the Enugu State APC Caretaker Committee. He said that the governor and his appointees would officially be received into the APC.
On Thursday, October 9, the APC National Working Committee (NWC) announced the dissolution of the Enugu State Working Committee and appointed a seven-man caretaker committee to pilot the affairs of the party in the state.
3 PDP governors join APC in 2025
The planned defection of Mbah would make him the third governor to dump the PDP for the APC in one year. In April 2025, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta state dumped the PDP for the APC in an unprecedented development.
In June 2025, Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom became the second governor from the leading opposition party to join the ruling APC. Like Oborevwori, Governor Eno joined the APC with the PDP leaders in the state.
PDP convention in Ibadan
This came amid the alignment and realignment between political actors in the country ahead of the 2027 general election. The APC and President Bola Tinubu have often expressed confidence in having more opposition members in their camp.
Governor Mbah's defection is coming one month before the PDP national convention in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The convention is meant to produce new leaders for the leading opposition party, the move to restructure the party.
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PDP governors who may join the APC
Legit.ng earlier reported that late President Muhammadu Buhari's former aide, Bashir Ahmed, has disclosed the number of northern governors that may join the APC in a couple of days.
This came months after Governors Sheriff Oborevwor and Umo Eno of Delta and Akwa Ibom crossed from the PDP and the APC.
However, the revelation by the former presidential aide has started generating reactions from some Nigerians.
Source: Legit.ng
