Mbah’s move to APC clear signal of PDP’s end in S/East– Ex-VON DG

Governor Peter Mbah’s exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is a clear signal of the party’s end in the South-East and indication that the South-East zone has finally bid the PDP goodbye.

The former Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, disclosed this on Sunday in Enugu while reacting to political developments in Enugu State.

”The move by Mbah is a defining political moment and a clear indication that the South-East zone has finally bid the PDP goodbye.

”Mbah’s defection is a pragmatic, rational and inevitable decision, which symbolises the total collapse of PDP’s dominance in the South-East.

“This is PDP moving from controlling all five state governments in the zone in 1999 to having zero governor in 2025,” he said.

He recalled the timeless lamentation of the late Dr Chuba Okadigbo, who once warned that the PDP “pays good deeds with bad coins”, adding that Mbah’s exit vindicated that lamentation.

Okechukwu criticised the PDP’s “utter disregard” for equity and justice, especially in 2023, when the party breached the Fourth Republic’s long-standing national zoning convention.

“The last straw that broke the PDP’s camel’s back,” Okechukwu noted, “was the deliberate marginalisation of the South-East during the controversy over the National Secretary position.”

He alleged that the PDP’s serial betrayal, neglect and abuse of the South-East were sufficient grounds for Mbah’s long anticipated defection.

“Gov. Mbah’s exit is not an isolated event . It is the final chapter in the South-East’s disillusionment with a party that failed to reward faithfulness, fairness and friendship,” he alleged.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC had announced plans to welcome Mbah, thousands of political officer holders and aides from the PDP into the national ruling party (APC).

The grand reception of members of PDP Enugu State into APC would take place on Tuesday in Okpara Square, Enugu.

The APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, reportedly broke the news of the governor’s impending defection on Friday. (NAN)