The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has
dissolved the Enugu State Executive Committee of the party over persistent factional crises and internal disunity.
At its meeting held Thursday at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, the NWC also disqualified Ekiti governorship aspirants, Engr. Kayode Ojo and Mrs. Abimbola Olajumoke Olawunmi, from participating in the upcoming gubernatorial primary.
Addressing journalists after the meeting, Durosimi Meseko, Deputy National Publicity Secretary, flanked by the party’s National Leader for Persons With Disabilities, Aare Durotolu Oyebode Bankole, said the move was necessary “to restore order, discipline, and stability” in the APC ahead of key governorship contests.
On the dissolution of Enugu exco, Meseko clarified that the decision was not politically motivated nor linked to speculations surrounding the possible defection of the Enugu State Governor to the APC.
“The Enugu chapter has unfortunately been mired in deep internal divisions. Despite multiple reconciliation efforts, the situation worsened. The NWC therefore resolved to dissolve the executive and constitute a caretaker committee to reposition the party,” Meseko said.
A seven-member caretaker committee has been appointed, led by Dr. Ben Nwoye (Chairman) and Rt. Hon. Eugene Odo (Secretary), with Mrs. Fidelia Njoeze, Comrade Peter Chime, Dr. (Mrs.) Obi Aji, Dr. Chidozie Nwafo, and Engr. Iman Eke as a member. The committee will be inaugurated Friday, October 10, 2025, at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
On Ekiti disqualifications, Meseko explained they were predicated on the fact that their filings did not conform with the APC Constitution and the Electoral Act.
Following the NWC’s review of the screening panel report, only Governor Biodun Oyebanji and Mrs. Atinuke Oluremi Omolayo were cleared to contest the October 27 governorship primary. Ojo and Mrs. Abimbola Olajumoke Olawumi were axed from the race for failing to meet constitutional and legal prerequisites.
Ojo, who also serves as Pro-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), had earlier been provisionally cleared pending the NWC’s verdict after petitions accused him of irregularities in his nomination process, including failure to secure the required number of valid nominators as stipulated by Article 9(1) of the APC Constitution and Section 177(c) of the 1999 Constitution.
