Nigeria, Oct. 11 -- Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State will on Tuesday defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Chairperson of the APC Caretaker Committee in Enugu, Ben Nwoye, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday after the inauguration of the seven-member committee appointed for the state chapter.

The APC National Working Committee (NWC) dissolved the Enugu State Working Committee and inaugurated a seven-member caretaker committee to oversee the party's affairs.

The move, party officials said, was part of wider efforts to reposition the party in anticipation of the governor's defection.

Speaking after his inauguration at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, Mr Nwoye confirmed tha...