2027 election: Top political analyst spits fire as 22 Delta lawmakers resign from PDP, join APC

• PDP Youth Group spokesman, Dare Akinniyi, has condemned the defection of Speaker Emomotimi Guwor and 21 Delta authorities lawmakers to the APC, calling it "shameful"
• Speaking exclusively with Legit.ng, Akinniyi reaffirmed PDP’s beardown grassroots enactment successful Delta authorities and asserted that the decampees volition look the consequences of their actions successful 2027
• The PDP chieftain called for a agreed absorption to situation the APC successful the adjacent wide predetermination and reconstruct PDP’s dominance successful Nigeria

Legit.ng writer Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements.

The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Group, Dare Glintstone Akinniyi, has described the defection of the talker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Emomotimi Guwor, on with 21 different lawmakers, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) arsenic shameful.

PDP chieftain speaks pugnacious arsenic Delta Assembly speaker, 21 lawmakers defect to APC, up of the 2027 election. Photo credit: House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria
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In an exclusive interrogation with Legit.ng connected Thursday, May 8, 2025, Akinniyi described the lawmakers’ defection arsenic the "highest level of disrespect" to young members of the enactment but was motivated by idiosyncratic gain.

Buttressing his point, helium maintained that the PDP's operation successful Delta state remains unshaken, adding that "the radical volition determine the governmental luck of these decampees."

Akinniyi told Legit.ng that:

"It's achy to suffer a accepted PDP authorities similar the Delta to APC and besides shameful connected the different manus to person our members determination to articulation a enactment that is mal-treating Nigerians. Then you volition inquire yourself, if our governmental Elites are truly astir their radical oregon their governmental interests. "For these PDP members who became each they are nether the PDP and conscionable determination retired with nary superior disagreement successful the State, it's the highest level of disrespect to the young radical successful the Peoples Democratic Party."We whitethorn person mislaid elected members to the APC but the radical of Deltans are with the Peoples Democratic Party - PDP. Our structures are intact and the radical volition determine the governmental luck of these decampees."The South South of Nigeria remains the location of the PDP and we volition bounce backmost earlier the adjacent wide election. The radical are aggravated that those they gave their votes to, are present successful the enactment that is inflicting hardship connected Nigerians. While we admit their sincerity successful coming retired plain and moving retired of the PDP without demarketing the party, we volition marque definite we ballot exceedingly for PDP candidates crossed each levels successful Delta State and astir of these legislators who near the enactment with our mandate won't instrumentality successful 2027."

2027 elections: Akinniyi calls connected absorption to unite

22 Delta lawmakers announced their defection to APC weeks aft Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, and his predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa dumped the PDP. Photo credit: Delta authorities government
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Recall that the politician of Delta state, Sheriff Oborevwori, and his predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa, left the PDP 2 weeks agone to articulation the All Progressives Congress.

Also, connected Wednesday, May 7, erstwhile Delta authorities governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, who antecedently served connected the level of the PDP, officially joined the ruling APC and obtained his rank card.

Uduaghan expressed appreciation for the lukewarm reception and pledged his committedness to moving intimately with the enactment to beforehand Delta state.

Reacting to the gale of defections that has deed the PDP successful caller weeks, Akinniyi urged the enactment of the enactment to alteration strategy, present caller ideas and bring successful caller players.

Continuing, the PDP chieftain called connected the absorption parties and leaders to unite and signifier a formidable unit to dislodge the APC successful the 2027 wide elections.

In an interrogation with Legit.ng, Akinniyi said:

"Our structures request to beryllium rejuvenated and propelled for action, this tin lone marque PDP stronger. We person bully men but we person to determination on. PDP is large capable to signifier a comeback successful 2027, aft staying retired of powerfulness for 12 consecutive years."As we determination towards 2027, absorption parties should travel unneurotic and manner retired a singular but unanimous means of dislodging the APC — we can't spell connected with this aberration."

Read much connected defections, 2027 election:

• Speaker of location of assembly resigns from PDP, joins APC, "unprecedented"
• 2027 election: Kwankwaso meets APC’s Barau Jibrin, Pius Anyim astatine Abuja airport, “Defection oregon strategy?”
• Three lawmakers dump LP for PDP successful Enugu

“Atiku is connected his mode retired of the PDP” - Okowa

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) statesmanlike campaigner successful 2023, Atiku Abubakar, was allegedly connected his way retired of the PDP.

The erstwhile Delta authorities governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, who was Atiku's moving mate successful 2023, said the erstwhile vice president would soon permission the PDP.

Okowa said helium regretted being Atiku's moving mate successful 2023 and explained the crushed helium accepted the VP ticket.

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Source: Legit.ng