APC confirms Nwachukwu Eze as acting chairman in Ebonyi

APC has confirmed Nwachukwu Eze as the acting chairman of the party in Ebonyi state

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed Nwachukwu Eze as the acting chairman of the party in Ebonyi state. This follows the ruling of a High Court sitting in Abakaliki on Sept.28, which

struck out the case brought before it by a factional Chairman of the party, Ben Nwaboashi, NAN reports.

Nwaobashi had challenged his removal from office by the Eze-led faction and the court presided over by Justice John Igboji struck out the case for lack of merit, saying that the removal followed due process.

Nwaboashi and Eze had been laying claims to the chairmanship position of the party since January until the Sept.28 ruling, which was in Eze’s favour.

Reacting to the report, Chief Emma Enukwu, the APC south east zonal chairman, said on Saturday, October 22, that the zone had recognised Eze as the authentic chairman of the party in the state.

He said: “This is in line with the report of the committee set up by the party to review the lingering leadership tussle that had engulfed the Ebonyi chapter of the party.” 

The crisis in APC, Ebonyi state chapter, started after Eze, former state deputy chairman purportedly suspended and later impeached the state chairman, Ben Nwobashi, and laid claims of the chairmanship of the party in the state.

The Eze faction suspended Nwaobasi and some members of the executives for gross misconduct and embezzlement of over N216 million meant for the party’s campaigns.