The Enugu state All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders at the weekend announced the party’s readiness at all times to welcome new members and possibly reintegrate those previously suspended or expelled.
The decision was contained in an eleven-point communique released at the end of the party’s stakeholders meeting in Enugu. It will be recalled that Enugu APC had shortly after the 2023 general elections suspended or expelled prominent members of the party over alleged anti-party activities.
Those either expelled or suspended included: former Senate President Ken Nnamani, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama; former Governor of the state, Barr Sullivan Chime; former Speaker of the State Assembly, Hon. Eugene Odoh; former Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr. Osita Okechukwu; former state party chairman, Ben Nwoye; and recently the member representing Enugu State in the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Mrs Ginika Tor.
But in a communique read by the party’s state secretary, Dr. Robert Ngwu, the stakeholders said the review of the suspension or expulsion of any member would be “contingent on sincere repentance and abandonment of sabotage instincts, fifth columnism, anti-party acts, and all divisive actions.”
Among those who attended the stakeholders meeting are: leader of the party in the state and Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uchenna Nnaji; APC National Deputy Chairman, South, Chief Emma Eneukwu; APC National Vice Chairman South East, Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu and others.
The stakeholders unanimously passed a vote of confidence on the State Executive Committee (SEC) led by the State Chairman of the APC, The Hon. Barr. Ugochukwu H. Agballah, and the Leader of the Party in Enugu State, Chief Nnaji, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology.