The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has been announced as the All Progressives Congress, APC, Enugu gubernatorial candidate in the 2027 general election.
Governor Mbah was formally declared the winner by the Hon. Dan Malikin Hausa-led Enugu State APC Governorship Primary Election Committee after the collation of results from the 260 wards in the state, totaling 397,370 votes.
Congratulating Dr. Peter Mbah on his emergence as the only gubernatorial candidate under APC, the primary election panel Chairman, Hon. Dan Malikin Hausa, also commended party leaders for the peaceful and credible primary elections in the state.
“Enugu State APC is a well-coordinated chapter where internal democracy, consensus-building, discipline, synergy and peace reign supreme. The whole exercise has been rancor-free and indeed a carnival of sorts,” Hausa observed.
The Chairman also commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda-led national executive of the ruling party for providing exemplary leadership that midwifed the peaceful and credible subnational primaries.
In his acceptance speech, 2027 APC gubernatorial candidate Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, on Friday at the International Conference Center, Enugu, expressed gratitude to party-faithful members for reposing confidence in him to lead a second tenure.
“This moment is not one I take for granted. For me, there was never a sense of entitlement. I accept this nomination with full awareness of the expectations that come with it, buoyed by the knowledge that it’s not an unfamiliar path for me.”
On his administration’s slogan ‘Tomorrow Is Here’, Governor Mbah said, “What once felt distant – that tomorrow could be different – is no longer abstract. It is taking shape. It is visible in the routines of daily life, in how people travel, how they work, and how they now access services that were once unreliable or out of reach.”
“We have smashed the notion that promises matter more than performance. Every naira spent has been made to give the people of Enugu a return on their investment of trust and faith,” he said.
The Enugu State Governor further reeled out some of his administration’s achievements across various sectors within their 3 years in office; restoring faith of residents to jettison the Monday sit-at-home and go about their businesses on Mondays, the ward-based Smart Green Schools, to Type-2 Primary Healthcare Centre in each of our 260 Wards, provision of tractors for farmers, rehabilitation of moribund industries within the state-the Songhai Heneke Farm in Ezeagu and the United Palm Products Limited.
Governor Mbah further pointed out other achievements of his administration, “The Enugu Haier Factory, a $20 million investment facility that manufactures digital appliances and electronics; Jobs in the aviation sector that once felt out of reach no longer feels so for our youths with the launch of Enugu Air.”
“We have done over 1,500 kilometres of roads, launched five world-class Transport Terminals and CNG buses to ensure that our people commute in dignity and comfort.”
“Beyond the state, Enugu is becoming the standard bearer for sustainable governance, innovative development, and quality of life,” he reiterated.
The APC Enugu direct primaries were conducted on 16th, 18th, 20th, and 21st May, 2026 for House of Representatives, Senate, State House of Assembly, and Governorship, respectively.
Governor Mbah revealed, “It is interesting to note that of those 24 seats, we did not have any two persons who picked forms to vie for one office. “It is no different with the primary exercises for the Senate and House of Representatives. In fact, in the constituency where we had a second person, in the course of the process, he wrote a letter to the party withdrawing from the contest and pledging his total commitment to support the other candidate.”
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