Oborevwori, Okowa, others dump PDP for APC

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, the speedy previous governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and all members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State have defected to the All Progressives Congress.

The announcement was made on Wednesday in Asaba, the Delta State capital, by Senator James Supervisor, shortly after a gathering that lasted over six hours at Authorities Home, Asaba.

Supervisor acknowledged, “All PDP members within the state, together with the governor, former Governor Okowa, the Speaker, the state occasion chairman, all of the native authorities chairmen and others, have agreed to maneuver to the APC.

“We can’t proceed to be in a sinking boat,” he stated.

The Delta State Commissioner for Info, Mr Aniagwu Charles, formally confirmed the governor’s defection and the collective resolution of Delta PDP leaders and stakeholders to hitch the APC.

“There’s a want for us to regulate our consuming patterns. And in adjusting that consuming sample, we would have liked to decide that will additional assist to cement the event in our state, to construct the court docket of legislation that has existed in our state, to additional advance the reason for safety and the welfare of our individuals, and, to a big extent, make sure that improvement in Delta is just not truncated,” Aniagwu acknowledged.

He continued, “In taking that call, we concluded that leaving the PDP was very vital for us to have the ability to collaborate and construct a state that each Deltan will likely be pleased with. We imagine that what is going on, and the state of the PDP, is akin to that palm wine whose style has modified — and there was a necessity for us to alter the consuming occasion.”

Charles added that the choice was unanimously made by occasion leaders and stakeholders, hinting at a proper public declaration quickly.

“By the grace of God, on Monday subsequent week, we will make a really large assertion confirming that we’re shifting into the APC,” he stated.

The transfer marks a major turning level in Delta State politics, signalling a broader political recalibration that would reshape occasion dominance within the South-South area.