The former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Enugu State, Ben Nwoye has dumped the party.
Nwoye, who served as state party chairman for two terms, announced his resignation at a press briefing on Thursday.
However, he was silent on his next political move, but blamed his resigning from the APC on deviation from the core values of the party in the state.
He said: “With a deep sense of responsibility, I write to inform you that I hereby resign as a member of All Progressives Congress. My resignation is as a result of disintegration of the leadership of the party in Enugu State.
“The bunch of broom which we painstakingly tied together in 2013 at a time when we were called unprintable names has loosened and permanently scattered.
“All efforts made by the party elders to gather the broom and reassemble it has failed. In its current form, further attempts to reassemble the broom in Enugu State is no longer practicable.
“What is left of the broom are two skeletal structures. One of each structure is held by two strong men.
“One of the strong men claims the state chairmanship by judicial pronouncement, while the other claims the state chairmanship through arrogant disobedient of the same judicial pronouncement aided by the silent approval of the national leadership
“The leadership of the party in the South East are fully engaged in vindictive politics. They are not interested in adding another state to the two states the party controls in the South East.
“As far as they are concerned, the supremacy of the party is measured by how low they can go to oppress their perceived political enemies.
“These they do, without recourse to the core principles upon which APC stands -justice, peace and unity. To say the least, the zonal leadership in the South East has lost direction.
“In the meantime, the national leadership of the party is basking on the euphoria of power, being the party under which the president of Nigeria and the majority of the members of the National Assembly were elected.
“The APC national leadership has therefore maintained willful blindness. Hence, allowing the warring factions to self-destruct and strangulate the party in Enugu State.
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“To worsen the situation, the APC national leadership treats party elders calls for reconciliation with disdain and disrespect. Loyal party members calling for party unity are treated like conquered and captured political warriors.
“In other words, loyal party members who do not agree with the position of the APC national leadership on the division that exists within the entire party structure in Enugu State have been transformed into prisoners of political war. They have been placed in political captivity in Enugu State.
“On the basis stated above, I engaged in extensive consultations with my grassroots followers and I have come to the conclusion that it is time to move on. I am not a political prisoner. I have never been and I can never be.
“The situation in Enugu State is not an isolated case. For example, in Anambra State the national leadership did not care to hear the voice of Chris Ngige before awarding the gubernatorial ticket to the highest bidder?
“In Abia State, where are the likes of Dr. Ikechi Emenike and Ayim Iyerenye? In Ebonyi State, where is the voice of Senator Julius Ucha. And in Imo State where is Rochas Okorocha and Uche Nwosu.
“These are great men who risked it all and made tremendous sacrifices to ensure that APC gained ground in the South East. Today, their opinions no longer matter. So, it is time to move on and discover a new frontier.”
