The ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, ex-governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, and a former governor of the old Anambra State, Jim Nwobodo into the APC Enugu State party caucus with the aim of taking the state in the 2019 general elections. The three were once chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, now an opposition party in Nigeria.
Other members of the caucus, which was inaugurated at the APC secretariat in Enugu, are a former Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Eugene Odoh, Foreign Affairs Minister, Jeffrey Onyeama, a former military governor of Gombe State, Group Capt. Joe Orji, Director General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, and one time secretary to Enugu State Government, Chief Onyemauche Nnamani.
Enugu State APC Chairman, Dr. Ben Nwoye, who also heads the caucus, hinted that the inauguration of the body has positioned the party to win the 2019 general election in the state.
The APC must produce the governor of Enugu State in 2019, he boasted.
According to his estimation, the APC has made significant strides in Enugu State. He recalled that Nnamani, Chime and some other prominent individuals who were appointed into the caucus, were not members of the party about a year ago.
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