Chief Uche Nnaji, minister of innovation, science, and technology, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on course to wrest power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu state in the 2027 general election.
Nnaji made the statement on Monday while receiving over 500 defectors from the PDP, Labour Party (LP), and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) into the APC.
The minister took a swipe at the state government over what he described as indiscriminate demolition of markets and traders’ shops without prior notice or compensation.
His words: “Enugu has never had it this bad, and as I stand today, I imagine how a people can survive without something like Ogige Nsukka market.
“Ogige Nsukka market has gone; they have bulldozed Ogige Nsukka to ashes, without any notice.
“Many of our people have died out of that singular act of government. If you come to Enugu too, Holy Ghost suffered the same fate, Garki and Abakpa suffered the same fate, and Ogurute market here in Igbo-Eze North LGA suffered the same fate, and I wonder how our people who are predominantly businessmen can survive without trading.”
Nnaji also thanked President Bola Tinubu for appointing Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, a native of Igbo-Eze North LGA, as chief of naval staff.
He said: “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu knows that we are here; he knows we are doing all these things for the state and for him and the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“He knows and he has our support 101 per cent and he is behind us, we are APC.”
The minister vowed that the APC would do everything within the law to unseat Governor Peter Mbah’s PDP-led administration.
“We are going to fight, we are going to do everything humanly possible and within the ambit of law to make sure that come 2027 our people will start rejoicing again,” Nnaji said.