Ganduje spoke at Akama-Oghe in Ezeagu local government area of Enugu state, weekend, when he led the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji and other prominent members of the party to officially receive the member representing Udi/Ezeagu federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Sunday Cyriacus Umeha and the entire Labour Party structure in the constituency into the APC.
With his defection, Umeha, the former LP lawmaker, is the first elected political office holder to be produced by APC in Enugu state since the inception of the party in 2014.
Those who defected with him included; Hon Dennis Amadi, former member of House of Representatives (Udi/Ezeagu, 2015-2023) and Enugu West senatorial candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 general elections; Hon Emma Ogbozo, LP House of Assembly candidate, Udi North constituency; Barr Chibuzor Onyema, LP House of Assembly candidate, Udi South; as well as the entire LP executives in the 40 Wards and two local government areas of Udi/Ezeagu federal constituency.
Speaking at the reception, Ganduje, who was represented by Chief Emma Eneukwu, APC Deputy National Chairman, South, declared that the party will take over the governance of Enugu state in 2027 boasting that the current (PDP)-led government is doing her last term in office, after more than 24 years.
He said, “APC is the transformer giving light to Nigeria, even the governor (Peter Mbah) himself, governor of Enugu state himself is running around begging to know if he will join APC, but we say fa, fa, fa…foul! I’m telling all the Labour Party members, the person that asked me to come here is the National Chairmanof APC, Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje.
“He said I should tell Hon Cyriacus Umeha, Hon Dennis Oguerinwa Amadi, and all those that joined APC with them, including Hon Emma Ogbozo my friend, that you have made the right decision. You will not be disappointed.
“You see that man that is governing Enugu now (Peter Mbah), he has ended his reign, I can tell you reliably that he has finished his one term; the way he came is the same way he will go. So you have taken the right decision because you have connected yourself to the national grid, light never goes off from the national grid. So you’re welcome to APC.
“We have a new governor in us, what he is doing is just waiting, he is waiting for 2027 to assume his position as the governor of Enugu state and we know his capacity; that is when people will enjoy good governance.
“The taxation they are using to kill the poor people will no longer be there, there will be considerable taxation and not taxing people to kill them. So, all the people that joined APC from the Labour Party are lucky people. I’m standing behind my leader, Hon Minister Uche Nnaji, who I’m following to the government House legitimately, I don’t want to go illegitimately there and all of us will enter there in 2027 in Jesus name, Amen!”
In his remarks, Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji while commending the defectors for joining the APC, expressed disappointment that Enugu state government recently invited “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to come and commission uncompleted projects in the state”.
“I know that our people are suffering, the huge allocation that accrues to the state is not being used to work for the people. What they do is make-belief; they go to newspapers and electronic media and are advertising what they did not do and claiming they have done it.
