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Hon. Ugochukwu Agballah, Chairman of the APC in Enugu State, has fired back at the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) after they dissolved the state executive.
In a strong communique, he called the decision “strange, unconstitutional, and reminiscent of military-style impunity.”
The ousted executive, through Agballah and State Publicity Secretary Hon. Titus Ezeagu, condemned the NWC’s 179th meeting held on October 9, 2025, which nullified their duly elected leadership and installed a seven-member caretaker committee led by Ben Nwoye and Eugene Odo.
Agballah argued that their state executive was legitimately elected under APC’s constitution, and therefore could not be arbitrarily removed.
He accused the national leadership of the party for trampling on the party’s internal laws by not affording them a fair hearing before taking such drastic action.
“Every organization is governed by rules. Our great party cannot descend into arbitrary orders reminiscent of the past,” Agballah stated.
He invoked Article 21B(VI)(D) of the APC constitution, which mandates that the Southeast Zonal Executive must first act in state-level disciplinary matters before the national body intervenes, a step he says, was ignored.
Agballah also challenged the credibility of the caretaker team, claiming many of its members were previously expelled or suspended for anti-party conduct.
Despite the dissolution, Agballah insisted that all elected officials in Enugu State should remain in office and resist any directive from the caretaker committee.
He urged members at all levels, wards, local government, zones to refuse participation in any activity not recognized by the original state executive.
“We reject the NWC’s resolution in its entirety and call on members to ignore any directive not issued by the duly elected state executive committee,” he declared.
