Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has explained that he and other members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) because of the alleged PDP's ill-treatment of the South-east in the party.

Mr Mbah disclosed this on Tuesday while announcing his defection in a state-wide broadcast from the Government House in Enugu State.

The governor defected to the APC alongside other members of the PDP in the South-eastern state, including all political appointees, elected chairpersons of all 17 local government areas in the state, councilors, members of the state assembly and at least 80 percent of the PDP executives in the state.

"For decades, the South-east - esp...