Nigeria, April 17 -- A former Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Ben Nwoye, has resigned from the party.

Mr Nwoye, a lawyer, announced his resignation at a press briefing in Enugu on Thursday.

He served as the chairperson of the APC in the state between 2014 and 2021.

Mr Nwoye explained that his resignation was in response to "deep internal crises and leadership disintegration" in the party.

The former chairperson regretted that the APC he helped to build had lost its cohesion and purpose.

"The bunch of brooms which we painstakingly tied together in 2013 has loosened and permanently scattered," he said, referring to the APC symbol.

At least four different political parties merged to form the APC 2013 ...