DELTA State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
Oborevwori announced his defection on Wednesday, April 23, through his Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu.
Aniagwu said, “There is a need for us to adjust our drinking patterns. And in adjusting that drinking pattern, we needed to make a decision that would further help to cement the development in our state, to build the court of law that has existed in our state, to further advance the cause of security and the welfare of our people, and, to a large extent, ensure that development in Delta is not truncated.
“In taking that decision, we concluded that leaving the PDP was very necessary for us to be able to collaborate and build a state that every Deltan will be proud of. We believe that what is happening, and the state of the PDP, is akin to that palm wine whose taste has changed — and there was a need for us to change the drinking party.”
James Manager, a former senator, also announced the PDP members’ defection after a meeting that lasted several hours at Government House, Asaba, the state capital.
He said, “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,” he said.”
The governor led all PDP members in the state, including his predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa, to the ruling party.
The ICIR reports that the defectors joined the list of politicians switching alliance with the ruling party ahead of the 2027 poll.
Okowa was the running mate to the PDP presidential candidate and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 election.
While many Nigerians are groaning that the APC government, led by President Bola Tinubu, has worsened hardship for citizens, the party’s membership has, however, been swelling in the past months.
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