Wednesday, December 31, 2025 Prominent Enugu politician and former All Progressives Congress, APC, senatorial candidate, Princess Adaku Ogbu Aguocha, popularly known as Ada Ogbu, has formally resigned her membership of the party..
She was a prominent member of the party for 14 years.
Ada Ogbu’s resignation, conveyed in a dated letter of
December 30, 2025, was addressed to the APC Caretaker Ward Chairman of Nara
Ward I, Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The development has immediately ignited political
speculation, given its timing and the growing wave of high-profile realignments
linked to Peter Obi’s movement into the African Democratic Congress, ADC.
In the letter, Princess Adaku Ogbu Aguocha announced her
decision to withdraw from the APC after 14 years of active membership, stating
that her choice was guided by “evolving realities” and a reassessment of how
best to serve her people. She described the decision as difficult but
deliberate, stressing that it followed extensive consultations with family
members, friends, and political associates.
Widely known across Enugu political circles as Ada Ogbu,
Princess Adaku Ogbu Aguocha has been one of the most visible faces of the APC
in the state, particularly at a time when the party struggled for electoral
relevance in the South-East.
She joined the APC in its formative years and rose through
the ranks as a grassroots mobiliser, party organiser, and consistent advocate
for the party’s ideology in Enugu State.
She is one of the first citizens of Enugu State to join APC.
Ada Ogbu was also given the party’s platform to contest for
the office of Senator for Enugu East Senatorial District, a contest that placed
her among the most recognisable APC standard-bearers in the zone.
In her resignation letter, she expressed gratitude for the
opportunities, exposure, and leadership lessons gained during her time in the
party, noting that they shaped her understanding of public service and
democratic responsibility.
Despite exiting the APC, she maintained a conciliatory tone,
thanking party leaders, members, and supporters, and assuring that her
departure should not be interpreted as hostility toward individuals she worked
with over the years.
Ada Ogbu’s resignation comes on the same day Peter Obi is
expected to publicly pick up his ADC membership card in Enugu State, her home
state, in a move widely seen as a major step toward consolidating an opposition
coalition ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Over the past weeks, several politicians across party lines
have exited their former platforms and aligned with the ADC, a trend
increasingly described by analysts as part of the expanding “Peter Obi wave.”
While Princess Adaku Ogbu Aguocha did not, in her letter,
announce her next political destination, observers say her exit from the APC at
this moment places her among figures being closely watched as potential
entrants into the emerging ADC-led opposition bloc.
Enugu State, long considered a stronghold of opposition
sentiment to the APC, is expected to play a symbolic role in Obi’s ADC entry.
Ada Ogbu’s move, therefore, adds another layer to the
unfolding political recalibration in the South-East.
As of press time, Princess Adaku Ogbu Aguocha has not made a
public declaration of joining any new political party.
However, with Peter Obi’s ADC card pick-up scheduled for
today in Enugu, expectations remain high that further announcements could
follow in the coming days.
For now, her departure from the APC stands as one of the
most significant political developments in Enugu State as 2025 draws to a
close, reinforcing the sense that Nigeria’s opposition landscape is entering a
decisive phase of realignment.
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