The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has declared that the party in Enugu State remains united under its current leadership, rejecting claims of any factions within the state chapter. Despite a recent court order, Ganduje affirmed that Mr. Ugochukwu Agballah is the recognized chairman of the party in the state.
This clarification comes after an injunction was issued on August 9 by Justice C.V.C. Ezeugwu of the Enugu State High Court, barring Agballah and several other APC members from claiming leadership roles. The restraining order was sought by Nwafor Onyeachonam, who is acting as the state chairman, alongside other executives, in an effort to prevent Agballah and his associates from continuing in leadership positions.
In a statement released following a stakeholders’ meeting held at the APC Secretariat in Enugu, Ganduje, represented by Chief Emma Eneukwu, the Deputy National Chairman, South, dismissed the court’s suspension of Agballah’s leadership as invalid. He accused members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of attempting to destabilize the APC in Enugu through internal party conflicts.
He said, “There is no faction in Enugu APC. I’m the Deputy National Chairman, in the South, and nobody becomes state Chairman in the South without my knowledge. The national chairman I’m representing does not know any other person as state chairman other than Chief Ugochukwu Agballah.
“There are people who go to Enugu State Government House to make sure APC is destabilized at all times. It has always been their stock in trade. And they do this usually close to any election.
“The National secretariat is frowning at it and making sure it will stop it so that it will not happen again.
“I can assure you that the National Secretariat does not even know there is any problem in Enugu APC. It was when I landed in Enugu this morning that I started hearing about one group. But the National Chairman recognizes Agballah as state Chairman of APC.”
