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• Condemns Invitation of non-APC governors to core party meeting
Renowned academic and political analyst, Professor Chinedu Nwankwo has strongly condemned the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) South East for inviting Governor Alex Otti of Abia State and Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, both non-APC governors, to a core APC zonal stakeholders meeting.
He described the invitation of the two governors as a “gross error of judgment, political desperation and betrayal of party values.”
Speaking on Saturday in Enugu, Prof Nwankwo lambasted the South East APC leadership under Hon. Ijeomah Arodiogu, the National Vice Chairman (South East Zone), over the Expanded South East Zonal Stakeholders Meeting scheduled to hold today at the Presidential Hotel, Enugu. He described the move as embarrassing, contradictory, and dangerous to party cohesion
“This is a core APC affair, not a political carnival,” Prof Nwankwo stated firmly. “Inviting sitting governors who are not members of the APC as special guests of honour to a strategic party meeting exposes a dangerous lack of confidence within the South East APC leadership. It sends the wrong message, that the party cannot stand on its own strength in the region.”
The professor whose root is Arochukwu of Abia state further reminded party faithful that the same South East APC leadership worked against its own candidate, Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu, during the 2025 Anambra governorship election, accusing Arodiogu’s camp of deliberate sabotage and internal betrayal.
“You cannot betray your own governorship candidate yesterday and seek validation from opposition governors today,” he said sharply “That is not leadership, it is greed dressed in political convenience,” Nwankwo said.
He warned that such actions erode trust among party members and demoralise grassroots supporters who have remained loyal to the APC despite political pressure.
According to him, the APC has the capacity to dominate the South East if only the leadership is focused, disciplined, and loyal to party ideals. “APC does not need borrowed legitimacy,” he stressed. “APC wins elections when it works hard, mobilizes its base, and presents credible candidates—not when it courts opposition governors at internal meetings.”
He further argued that if Governors Otti or Soludo genuinely wish to support the APC or President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the honourable path is to defect officially to the APC.
He added: “Politics is not done through the back door. If they believe in President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, let them join the party formally, not as guests at a meeting meant to strengthen APC internal structures.”
Describing the invitation as a self-inflicted wound, Prof Nwankwo cautioned the South East APC leadership against allowing personal ambition, greed, and elite appeasement to override party discipline
“This is how parties collapse from within, when leaders abandon ideology for optics, loyalty for convenience, and strategy for selfish gains.”
He called on APC national leadership to urgently review the conduct of its South East officials and reassert party values of loyalty, integrity and internal democracy.
Prof Chinedu Nwankwo urged the APC faithful across the South East to remain vigilant and committed to rebuilding the party on the foundations of trust and hard work.
“The APC must not be reduced to a gathering of confused leaders seeking validation from political opponents. The future of the party in the South East depends on courage, clarity and principled leadership, “ he said.
