The governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This was confirmed by the Enugu APC Caretaker Chairman, Dr Ben Nwoye, 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.
During the defection ceremonies held in Uyo and Asaba, the former APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, revealed that more opposition governors and top party leaders were preparing to cross over to the ruling party.
On October 8, Kelvin Chukwu, the Senator representing Enugu East, also announced his defection from the Labour Party (LP) to the APC.
His move raised the number of APC senators to 73, giving the party a two-thirds majority in the 109-member Senate — a threshold that allows it to easily pass major decisions and legislation.
At the moment, the Senate’s composition stands as follows: APC, 73 senators; PDP, 28; LP, four; All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), two; and one each from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).