JUST IN: APC heavyweights storm Delta ahead Oborevwori’s reception

Political heavyweights in the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the nation have started arriving in Delta State ahead of Monday’s reception of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori into the ruling party.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Governor Oborevwori and major stakeholders of the PDP in Delta last Wednesday formally disclosed moving away from the party to join the APC.

All the PDP defectors, including the former Governor of the State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, are to be received into the APC by Vice President Kashim Shettima at a rally at the Cenotaph in Asaba on Monday.

At the time of filing this report, National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, and APC Governors led by Chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) and Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, have arrived Asaba.

TNG reports the APC Chieftains were received by Governor Oborevwori at the Government House, Asaba ahead of the historic official defection of the PDP members to the APC.

It was gathered that the Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Ododo; Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo; Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji; Senator Adams Oshiomhole and many others have arrived in the State.

“Other Governors are currently on their way,” Ossai Success, a media aide to Governor Oborevwori disclosed in a statement sighted by TheNewsGuru.com (TNG).

Earlier in a statement welcoming Governor Oborevwori and members of the PDP, former Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege had laid claim to being the leader of the APC in Delta.

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In the statement released on Sunday, Omo-Agege described the defection as historic and stressed that issues arising from the defection are currently being addressed.