…Taraba Governor may soon defect
Peter Mbah, Enugu State governor, will on Tuesday, October 14, officially dump the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ben Nwoye, the newly appointed APC Caretaker Chairman, confirmed this while speaking to journalists on Friday.
According to him, Mbah will officially defect to the ruling party on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, in Enugu, alongside federal and state lawmakers, the state executive council members, and ward and local government leaders across Enugu State.
The APC National Working Committee (NWC) on Thursday dissolved the Enugu State Working Committee (SWC) over unresolved differences, appointing a seven-member caretaker committee to oversee the affairs of the party.
The wave of defections from opposition parties to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has continued to grow.
A few months ago, Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno and his Delta State counterpart, Sheriff Oborevwori, both left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the APC.
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The development was also confirmed on Friday in Abuja by the APC National Chairman, Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, and the Deputy National Chairman (South-East), Chief Emma Eneukwu, during the inauguration of the party’s newly constituted Enugu State caretaker committee.
The caretaker committee, chaired by former state chairman Ben Nwoye, was sworn in at the APC national secretariat amid growing speculation over Mbah’s imminent defection.
Speaking after the inauguration, Ben Nwoye confirmed that Governor Mbah would formally join the ruling party at an event scheduled to be held in Enugu next week.
“Governor Peter Mbah will be joining the All Progressives Congress with all his appointees,” Nwoye told reporters.
“His coming into the APC will further strengthen the party’s presence and structure in Enugu State and across the South-East.”
He noted that the caretaker committee had been mandated to reconcile party members, build grassroots support, and prepare for upcoming elections in the state.
The APC leadership described Mbah’s expected defection as a major political milestone that would boost the party’s standing in the South-East, traditionally seen as a stronghold of the PDP and Labour Party.
Meanwhile, there are indications that Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, may also be preparing to defect to the ruling party.
Though he has yet to make an official statement, sources within both parties confirmed that discussions were ongoing between his camp and key APC stakeholders.
If the two defections are confirmed, it would represent a significant blow to the PDP’s influence across both the South-East and North-East, ahead of what analysts describe as a critical pre-election period
