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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
The new Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ben Nwoye, has appealed to former National Auditor, Dr George Moghalu, to return to the ruling party.
Nwoye, who replaced Emma Eneukwu, during the APC’s national convention last weekend, visited Moghalu as part of his resolution to reach out to the founding fathers of the party.
Describing Moghalu as one of his successful rise to the party’s leadership pinnacle, he also appealed to him to reconsider his decision to abandon the party.
“I came to see my leader and one of the founding fathers of the APC after my emergence as the Deputy National Chairman (South). Prior to the election, we promised that we are going to mend fences and celebrate our founding fathers.
“We will not just continue to rejoice and celebrate new members, who are joining us while we discard and disrespect the founding fathers. They are the people that laid the foundation for this party. It was on the shoulders of the founding fathers that we are resting on to stand tall.
“I know what happened in the last Anambra election when we lost some of our members and our leaders to other political parties and I made a promise to myself and to my supporters that should I emerge victorious, the mission to rebuild the party would start and that is why I came here to fulfil that promise.
When I called him to inform him about my visit, he did not hesitate to open his doors,” he said.
On his take on the pressure from friends and associates to return to the party, Nwoye said: “The appeal is simple. Yes, I am now the leader of the party in the entire South but I would not have been with the party for this long without someone like him.
“There is this old saying that you can’t build a house and can’t use it. The party needs Moghalu now more than ever. We have very crucial elections in 2027, parties don’t win elections by pushing people away. South East, especially, is a ground zero for the opposition parties, be it the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the Labour Party (LP) or the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where they pick from.
“We need a voice like him to shout that Ndigbo must support President Tinubu for a re-election,” he appealed.
Moghalu, who contested the November 2025 governorship election as Labour Party (LP) candidate in Anambra State, thanked Nwoye as he promised to look into his appeal.
“I am obviously very happy that the Deputy National Chairman of our party came around on a courtesy visit to my house and I used the opportunity to congratulate and wish him well. I have heard his request and I will respond accordingly but I am happy that he came and I appreciate the recognition and I assure him that I will give him all the necessary support he needs to succeed.
“His emergence was not a surprise to me because he has paid his dues. When I was the National Auditor of the party, he was the chairman, Enugu State chapter of the party. So, we have known ourselves for quite a while.
“My prayer for him is that he must succeed, and in fact, he has no choice than to succeed. As for his appeal to return to the party, I will give it a consideration,” he noted.
