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  • Real reason I left PDP to APC – Okowa

    Real reason I left PDP to APC – Okowa

    Former Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has finally opened up on why he left the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Senator Okowa was the Vice Presidential candidate to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 presidential election under the umbrella of the PDP.

    Speaking in Asaba on Monday when he officially joined the APC along with Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori and other leaders of the PDP in Delta, Okowa Said: “Today is a great day for us in Delta State.

    “When the news broke out on Wednesday the 23rd of April, 2025 that we have decided to change our path, people wondered why.

    “But one thing is very important. In the history of a people, there is always a time to change for the common good of a people.

    “Whatever decision that we took was based on that common good and the need to change our path for the common good of our State”.

    Reflecting on his experience as a former governor in opposition, Okowa emphasized that while Governor Sheriff Oborevwori was performing well, aligning with Abuja would strengthen his efforts.

    “It was not about personal ambitions but the need to connect to Abuja, where significant goodwill and resources exist, especially since the State is a major contributor,” Okowa said.

    He called for strong support for both President Bola Tinubu and the Governor, believing that the unity would allow them to dominate the political landscape of Delta State.

    The ceremony was attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima, National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, 16 Governors of the APC led by Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum and Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Benjamin Kalu, among others.

  • LG election: Lagos APC constitutes electoral committee

    LG election: Lagos APC constitutes electoral committee

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has constituted an electoral committee, tasked with conducting  primaries for the July 12 Local Government election.

    The Lagos APC Spokesman, Mr Seye Oladejo, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos.

    He named a  former national legal adviser of the party, Mr Babatunde Ogala, the Chairman of the committee.

    Oladejo also named   Mr Babarinde Nurudeen  the Secretary of the committee.

    “The committee is empowered to over-see all the activities and processes leading to the conduct of the elections in to the grassroots positions.

    “The party has considered the immense experience of the gentlemen in making the appointment. We have no doubt that they will deliver on this important assignments.

    “We urge all and sundry to give the requisite support and cooperation to ensure our collective success,” Oladejo said.

     

  • [VIDEO] We welcome you unconditionally to our party – Delta APC tells Oborevwori

    [VIDEO] We welcome you unconditionally to our party – Delta APC tells Oborevwori

    The leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has said Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is welcomed ‘unconditionally’ into the party after his recent defection from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

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  • Omo-Agege, Nwoko’s failure to stop Oborevwori, Okowa’s defection to APC – By Ehichioya Ezomon

    Omo-Agege, Nwoko’s failure to stop Oborevwori, Okowa’s defection to APC – By Ehichioya Ezomon

    The handwriting was boldly displayed on the wall many months before Wednesday, April 23, 2025, when Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, his predecessor in office and vice presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, and their entire political structure dumped the PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

    The defectors include Deputy Governor Monday Onyeme; House of Assembly Speaker Emomotimi Guwor; federal and state lawmakers; commissioners; local government chairmen and councilors; party officers at the state, local government and ward levels; and chieftains across the state.

    The mass defection, described by the watching public as a “political tsunami,” not only ended weeks of speculations about Oborevwori’s intention to ditch the platform he rode on to office, but also marked a significant shift in Delta’s politics and far-reaching implications for PDP’s structure and influence in the South-South zone.

    To the undiscerning, the process leading to the decampment appears to have started about February 4, 2025, when the APC governorship candidate in 2023 in Delta, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, opposed admitting Oborevwori and Okowa into the APC.

    At an APC stakeholders’ meeting in Agbor, Ika South and Ute-Okpu in Ika North East Local Government Areas of Delta on February 4, Omo-Agege noted that, while the party was open to welcoming Senator Ned Nwoko (PDP, Delta North), House of Representatives and House of Assembly members and other PDP leaders, it’d “no interest in Oborevwori and Okowa joining its ranks.” The Nation first reported on the issue on February 4.

    Omo-Agege’s rejection of Oborevwori and Okowa stemmed from “Oborevwori’s government’s alleged attempts to downplay APC’s strength despite the party’s growing influence in Delta,” hence he told the APC stakeholders that, “We have built this party from scratch, and we will not allow people with questionable records to destroy what we have worked hard for.”

    Omo-Agege recalled: “After the 2023 elections, the PDP spread false propaganda, claiming that APC no longer exists in Delta. Yet, this is a state where APC won two senatorial seats and two House of Reps seats. Today, the only PDP senator (Nwoko) is set to join APC, and you are still saying we are not on the ground? Are we not the majority party?

    “In Delta Central where Governor Oborevwori and I come from, APC won the senatorial seat. Out of three House of Reps’ seats, APC won two, while the remaining one was won by the Labour Party (LP). PDP won none. Out of nine House of Assembly seats, APC secured five, while PDP got four. So, which party is truly more popular?”

    Omo-Agege added: “Soon, we will have three senators, and I am aware that the three PDP House of Reps members are joining APC. Some House of Assembly members will also join us. So, they are all coming. We welcome everyone of them. The only two people, who are not welcomed, are Governor Sheriff and Okowa. They should remain in PDP and build their party.”

    Despite his (and later Nwoko’s) spirited efforts, Omo-Agege failed to stop Oborevwori and Okowa’s defection to the APC – which process was reportedly partly facilitated by the pioneer “political godfather” in Delta politics since democracy returned in Nigeria in 1999, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, who’s created a political dynasty that’s produced Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan (2007-2015), Governor Okowa (2015-2023), and Governor Oborevwori (2023-till date) – all on the PDP platform.

    Although Ibori and Okowa had issues over the governorship succession for 2023, with Okowa’s candidate, Oborevwori, a former Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, prevailing over Ibori’s choice, Mr David Edevbie, a commissioner of finance in Ibori’s administration (1999-2007); the differences didn’t disrupt the political calculations on ground, which’s that Ibori, a reported close ally and confidant of President Bola Tinubu, should bring Oborevwori and Okowa into the APC fold for the 2027 election.

    That move is to expand the APC political base in the South-South beyond Cross River and Edo states to Delta, Akwa Ibom and possibly Rivers – which’s almost “in the bag” courtesy of former Rivers State Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Chief Nyesom Wike – and thus the expansion of the playing field for the re-election of Tinubu in 2027.

    Delta having led the way, further speculations indicate that four or five other governors and their structures will move into the APC ahead of 2027, as a coalition of opposition politicians, headed by former Vice President and presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is working to upstage Tinubu at the poll.

    Indeed, hours after the PDP structure in Delta defected to the APC, an elated and upbeat National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, restated his prediction that more governors would join the party. The former Kano State governor spoke as he received newly-decamped PDP members from Kano at his residence in Abuja on April 24.

    Declaring that the 2027 election “is a done deal” for the APC, Ganduje told reporters: “In APC, we believe in our President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, we believe in his economic reforms, we believe in his Renewed Hope Agenda and part of the political renewed hope agenda is trying to canvass for more followership into the party.

    “We started by democratically electing governors, especially in Edo State (Governor Monday Okpebholo), who was in PDP (but decamped to APC and was elected Senator), we contested (the governorship) and we succeeded in winning the election; the state is now in APC.

    “Now, there is another channel that has been opened through advocacy, through dialogue, through convincing some highly and even elected governors to come into the party. And you can see what has happened.

    “The Governor of Delta State (Oborevwori), including his cabinet, even including the former vice presidential candidate (of the PDP, Okowa), including all the members of the state assembly and National Assembly, and the timber and caliber of PDP, are now in APC.

    “So, you can see that we are expanding. I don’t want to reveal our secret but what I’m telling you is that for APC, 2027 is a done deal. More governors are coming into APC, I assure you; and places where we have elections, APC, insha’Allah, will win those elections.”

    Pioneer chapter chairman of the PDP in Delta State, ex-Senator James Manager (PDP, Delta South), has described Oborevwori and Okowa’s defection to APC “as the outcome of extensive internal consultations within the party.”

    “All PDP members in the state, including the governor, former Governor Okowa, the Speaker, the state party chairman, all the local government chairmen and others, have agreed to move to the APC. We cannot continue to be in a sinking boat,” a reference to the PDP that’s fractured prior to the 2023 general election.

    After an enlarged PDP stakeholders’ meeting at the Government House in Asaba on April 23, Manager told journalists that the decision to decamp to the APC followed months of deliberations among key party figures, adding, “We’ve had intense discussions – some of them contentious – but we eventually reached a near-unanimous consensus driven by the prevailing mood in the party. What you are witnessing today is the culmination of those deliberations.”

    Without revealing the behind-the-scenes scheming, Manager said: “You cannot remain in a boat that is clearly capsizing. As a liberal-minded person, I’ve tried to view the situation objectively, and the current realities have made it clear – it’s time to chart a new course.

    “As you can see from the mammoth crowd around you, this is not a solo decision. It reflects a shared vision among us. It is a collective one, made for many reasons – reasons which I may not delve into at this moment.”
    Also significant is Okowa’s viral video message, reportedly addressed to his supporters in his dialect, with the assurance that he would choose the best (political) path going into 2027. “Be assured that we will not go in the wrong direction. We will take the best direction, the best path for our people,” Okowa said in the video.

    With the mass defection of PDP members in Delta to the APC, what does the future hold for Omo-Agege, who, though having a face-off with the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), over control of Delta’s APC, had rightly placed himself as the front runner for Governor in 2027?
    The scramble for the APC ticket may now be a straight fight between Oborevwori on the one hand, and Omo-Agege and Keyamo on the other hand. With a united front of former PDP memberers behind him, the APC ticket is as good as Oborevwori’s for his second term bid!

    Can Omo-Agege and Keyamo bury the hatchet, and unite to produce a single aspirant from the “original” APC camp to challenge Oborevwori for the ticket? For now, that prospect is better imagined, even as Omo-Agege’s called for unity in the face of a possible hostile takeover of the Delta APC structure by the new entrants, with Oborevwori becoming automatic leader of the party in Delta State – reaping where he didn’t sow!

    At the APC stakeholders’ meeting on February 4, Omo-Agege implored members “to be united, and stay strong.” Thanking them “for their dedication and hard work,” he reassured the members that “all internal issues within Delta APC will be resolved ahead of 2027,” stressing that PDP’s national crisis could render it irrelevant by the next election cycle – a prediction that’s ominously unfolding by the day.

    “We should stop focusing on our internal issues and instead take advantage of PDP’s bigger problems. Are we even sure PDP will still exist in 2027? Their crisis at the national level is worsening. Our focus should be on winning the next elections and re-electing President Bola Tinubu,” Omo-Agege stated, adding that the successes of Tinubu’s policies “have made APC the most attractive party in Delta State, drawing interest from several political figures.”

    It looks a long road – and a fait accompli – for Omo-Agege and the founding or original APC members, several of whose chieftains led the agitation for Oborevwori and Okowa to decamp to the APC, which the duo honoured in a grand style on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.

  • Oborevwori, Okowa’s “seismic” defection not Tinubu’s fault – Presidency

    Oborevwori, Okowa’s “seismic” defection not Tinubu’s fault – Presidency

    The Presidency has said President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are not to be blamed for weak and poor political opposition in the country.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy presented the argument in a statement on Sunday ahead of the official reception of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori into the APC on Monday.

    In the statement, Onanuga argued that the “seismic shift” caused by Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno’s open declaration of support for President Bola Tinubu, the defection of the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, the former vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last election, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, and the principal political actors in Delta and Rivers States threw the opposition and their sympathisers into disarray.

    He stressed that “contrary to the false claims in the propaganda materials in circulation across mainstream and social media”, democracy is not under any threat in Nigeria and that “accusations that the administration is moving towards authoritarianism are baseless and exaggerated”.

    The statement reads: “We have read the alarming claims of disgruntled opposition figures,  some partisan human rights crusaders and emergency defenders of democracy over recent defections of key members of opposition parties into the governing All Progressives Congress.

    “The seismic shift caused by Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno’s open declaration of support for President Bola Tinubu, the defection of the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, the former vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last election, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, and the principal political actors in Delta and Rivers States certainly threw the opposition and their sympathisers into disarray.

    “While the opposition elements are understandably heartbroken over the failure of their fabled grand coalition to gain traction, we find it disturbing that they resorted to peddling false allegations of promoting a one-party State against President Bola Tinubu, who is working very hard to reverse decades of economic mismanagement in our country.

    “Contrary to the false claims in the propaganda materials in circulation across mainstream and social media, democracy is not under any threat in Nigeria. Accusations that the administration is moving towards authoritarianism are baseless and exaggerated.

    “We must add that no policy, official action, or directive from the Presidency seeks to “dismantle democracy” or “weaken opposition or create a one-party state.” Accusations of bribery, blackmail, and the weaponisation of state institutions only exist in the idle minds of politicians and their agents who have failed in their assigned role of opposition and are fishing for scapegoats.

    “The opposition cannot blame President Tinubu and the governing APC for their poor organisation, indiscipline, and gross incompetence in managing their affairs. It is certainly not part of President Tinubu’s job to organise or strengthen opposition parties.

    “We find it curious that those who celebrated the defection of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the formation of a regional grand coalition with the sole aim of defeating President Tinubu in the 2027 election are the same people shedding crocodile tears over Nigeria’s so-called drift to a one-party state and authoritarianism.

    “While the latter-day defenders of democracy raised no anxious voice against the disgruntled politicians cobbling an anti-Tinubu, anti-APC coalition along dangerous regional lines, even before INEC blows the whistle for party politicking, they are quick to ascribe the political shifts in some states to “bribery, blackmail, and coercion” without any shred of evidence.

    “Without any equivocation, freedom of association, freedom of speech and freedom of choice are part of the cherished ideals of democracy.  When politicians and citizens cannot freely join any association or political party of their choice or cannot openly express their views, democracy is imperilled.  Those opposed to the Tinubu administration should understand that they can issue diatribes, without fear, against the government because we practice a thriving democracy.

    “It is hypocrisy writ large when opposition politicians and their collaborators in the ‘human rights’ movement desire that the party of the President should implode so they can gain electoral advantage and cry wolf when their wish does not materialise.

    “We want to state that democracy is not threatened or undermined simply because politicians exercise their rights to freedom of association. Nigerians migrating to the APC and expressing support for Tinubu are doing so out of their free will, based on the belief that the reforms being executed are in the interest of Nigerians and the unborn generation.

    “It is a gross disservice to democracy in itself for these emergency defenders of democracy to delegitimise the political choices of some Nigerians while upholding the choices of others to form a coalition against Tinubu and APC.

    “Under President Tinubu, democracy is strong, and the multiparty democratic system will continue to flourish unhindered. His administration remains resolutely committed to upholding and strengthening the democratic foundations upon which our Fourth Republic has stood since 1999

    “Politicians changing party affiliation is not new or peculiar to Nigeria. In more advanced democracies, there are ready examples of notable politicians, statesmen and women who changed their parties.

    “President Tinubu and the National Working Committee of the APC, under the leadership of Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, deserve commendation for making the ruling party viable and attractive to all Nigerians willing to participate in the democratic process.

    “President Tinubu is an avowed democrat and a firm believer in multiparty democracy. His political activism and democratic credentials in galvanising and strengthening opposition platforms as a force that defeated a sitting President and the then ruling party attest to his credibility as a tested defender of multiparty democracy.

    “We urge all Nigerians to join hands with the administration in protecting our democracy by respecting our people’s choices and giving alarmists, who draw their narratives from the pool of fiction, a wide berth”.

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

    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.

    ALSO READ || Issues arising from Oborevwori’s defection are currently being addressed – Omo-Agege

    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.

    APC Governors just arived Government House Asaba Ahead of Governor Oborevwori Official Decamping To APC Tomorrow

    APC Governors , APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje just arived Government House Asaba Ahead of Governor Oborevwori Official Decamping To APC Tomorrow

    Commend Delta Governor Over Ongoing Development.

    Today the Delta State Governor Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori received APC governors led by chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo state.

    The Governor of Kogi State, Ahmed Usman Ododo, Governor of Edo State Monday Okpebholo, Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji , Senator Adams Oshiomhole and others were also on ground .

    Others governors are on currently on their way .

    They are commended Governor Sheriff Oborevwori over ongoing development in Delta State.

    Posted by Ossai Ovie Success on Sunday 27 April 2025

  • “I am Delta APC leader” – Omo-Agege reacts over Oborevwori’s defection

    “I am Delta APC leader” – Omo-Agege reacts over Oborevwori’s defection

    Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the Deputy President of the 9th Senate, has welcomed Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports in the statement welcoming Governor Oborevwori into the APC, Senator Omo-Agege referred to himself as the Leader of APC in Delta State.

    Recall Oborevwori recently decamped from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) along with his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, moving all the party structures along with him into the APC.

    In the statement issued on Sunday, Omo-Agege described the defection as historic and stressed that issues arising from the defection are being carefully considered.

    The former Deputy Senate President in the statement urged all LGA and Ward Chairmen of the APC, their executives, party members, and teeming supporters to turn out en-masse for the welcome reception of the new members.

    The statement reads: “The leadership of the Delta State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) warmly welcomes His Excellency, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and all leaders and members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) into the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    “This historic move underscores the success of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda in driving growth and development in our country.

    “In line with outcomes of deliberations with the national leadership of our Party, the Progressive Governors Forum and Delta APC stakeholders, I wish to assure all stakeholders that any issues arising from this development are being carefully considered and managed with prudence and foresight, in the best interests of our party and our beloved state.

    “Let us embrace this development with unity, understanding, and a shared commitment to the progress of Delta State and Nigeria.

    “In this renewed spirit of brotherhood in Delta APC, I urge all LGA and Ward Chairmen, their executives, party members, and our teeming supporters to turn out en-masse for the welcome reception of our new members into the APC on Monday, April 28, 2025 in Asaba.

    “This development reaffirms our commitment to progressive governance, promising a brighter future for our people and a more prosperous, secure, and united Nigeria. Together, we will work tirelessly to achieve greatness for Delta State and Nigeria.

    “I also take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for his political sagacity and visionary leadership, as well as to the National Chairman and the entire National Working Committee of the APC for their unwavering support and tireless efforts. May their efforts continue to yield positive outcomes for our great party”.

    TNG, meanwhile, reports APC heavyweights have started arriving in Asaba, Delta State capital ahead of Monday’s reception of Governor Oborevwori and PDP members into the party.

  • Nnaji dismisses allegations of APC crisis

    Nnaji dismisses allegations of APC crisis

    Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Nnaji, has debunked allegations made by individuals claiming to be stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu North.

    Reacting in a statement on Saturday in Enugu, Nnaji described the accusation of him causing leadership crises in APC, Enugu State chapter, as baseless and desperate.

    He stated that the individuals involved neither speak for the party nor represent its authentic leadership in Enugu State.

    The minister reaffirmed his status as a respected and prominent chieftain of the APC, emphasising his role as a founding member and pillar of the party.

    He noted that his loyalty and contributions to the APC’s growth and stability at state, regional and national levels are well-documented and widely acknowledged.

    Nnaji expressed confidence in Chief Ugo Agballa’s leadership, insisting that “Agballa remains the duly recognised and authentic Chairman of the APC in Enugu State.

    “It is necessary to state unequivocally that the so-called stakeholders’ meeting lacks legitimacy, and their pronouncements hold no consequence for APC’s official leadership.”

    The minister described their actions as “calculated attempts to cause confusion and mislead party members and the general public.”

    He emphasised that governance must always be assessed holistically and not through blanket applause or hasty judgement.

    Nnaji urged genuine APC members in Enugu State to remain focused, disciplined and committed to repositioning the party.

    He further called on the APC national leadership and the public to disregard any claims made by individuals without a mandate.

    Nnaji reaffirmed his commitment to the APC and service to Nigeria, stating he would not be distracted by “orchestrated campaigns of calumny and mischief.”

  • Defection: Delta is now almost a one-party state – Uzodinma

    Defection: Delta is now almost a one-party state – Uzodinma

    Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo says he is optimistic that more members of the opposition party will defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) after Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta had recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    He made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday after a meeting with political stakeholders from Delta.

    Uzodinma said: “You can see the tide is moving and people are joining and there will be no end to it. You must have heard that our party in Delta is growing from strength to strength.

    “The high point of the state of the party is that Delta is now almost a one-party state.”

    Uzodinma, who chairs the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), said that with the development in Delta, the APC would use its internal mechanism to integrate old and new members.

    “We have to meet to be able to manage this very huge success, to ensure that using the mechanism, the internal mechanism of our great party, that we will receive our new members, our new leaders.

    “We will then come together as a family to grow the party and support the government in Delta for the benefit of our people and members of our great party.

    “So, I think we are happy with the development and a big testimony to the fact that the APC government in Nigeria is being admired by many, if not all and sundry.”

  • Delta’s shift to APC a united move for state’s advancement – Ahon

    Delta’s shift to APC a united move for state’s advancement – Ahon

    The Chief Press Secretary, CPS to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Sir Festus Ahon, says the governor’s switch along with former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the entire state PDP structure to the All Progressives Congress, APC was a joint decision aimed squarely at protecting Delta’s best interests.

    Speaking on Yanga FM’s “Wetin Dey Happen,” Ahon described the defection as a “political tsunami”, adding that, in politics, “there is that notion that there is no permanent friend and no permanent enemy, but permanent interests. Right now, our interest is to align with the government at the centre for the benefit of Delta and the people.”

    Ahon stressed that Oborevwori, known for deep grassroots ties, did not act unilaterally, saying; “after wide consultations with party leaders and stakeholders, everyone agreed to move to the APC. It wasn’t just the governor’s call; it was the collective will of Delta PDP.”

    The shift, he added, was expected to draw more Federal Government projects and attention to the state.

    Dismissing claims that former governor Ifeanyi Okowa joined the APC to dodge EFCC investigations, Ahon called the allegation “baseless political witch‑hunting,” expressing optimism that Okowa would ultimately be cleared.

    He urged all Deltans to rally behind President Bola Tinubu’s administration in Abuja and Governor Oborevwori’s administration in Asaba for the state’s overall development.