APC speaks on 'harassing' Okowa, Delta PDP leaders to join ruling party, see full details and video

• Barrister Felix Morka, spokesperson of the APC, has said the PDP’s “internal contradictions and failures” led to the caller question of defections
• Delta governor, Sheriff Oborevwori; Senator Ifeanyi Okow; and the enactment and rank of the PDP successful the authorities defected to the APC connected Wednesday, April 23, 2025
• Although PDP chieftain and Atiku Abubakar’s ally, Dele Momodu, cited harassment arsenic the crushed for the absorption figures’ decision, Morka disagreed

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Asaba, Delta authorities - Felix Morka, the nationalist spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), connected Thursday, April 24, said the ruling enactment is not coercing anyone to defect.

In an interrogation with Arise News, monitored by Legit.ng, Morka said politicians joining the APC bash truthful purely connected "voluntary" basis, adding that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) “is successful a blistery mess”.

President Bola Tinubu and the APC triumph large arsenic ex-Delta politician Ifeanyi Okowa joins the ruling enactment aft dumping the PDP. Photos credit: @renoomokri
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APC tackles critics arsenic Oborevwori, Okowa defect from PDP

The APC spokesperson’s remarks travel arsenic governmental heavyweights successful Delta authorities moved from the PDP to the APC.

Amid the crippled to democratically sack President Bola Tinubu from bureau successful the 2027 election, connected Wednesday, April 23, Ifeanyi Okowa, the vice statesmanlike campaigner of the PDP successful the 2023 elections, dumped the PDP for the ruling APC.

Also, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta and different stakeholders successful the authorities formally announced their resignation from the PDP to join the ruling APC.

In the aforesaid vein, Kawu Sumaila, legislator representing Kano South, besides resigned from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and joined the APC — further swelling the ruling party’s ranks up of the 2027 wide election.

Dele Momodu, a media entrepreneur, said President Tinubu is utilizing coercive tactics to unit absorption politicians into joining the ruling APC.

Speaking connected Channels Television’s 'Politics Today' connected Wednesday, April 23, Momodu said galore politicians switching allegiance to the APC are doing truthful retired of fear, not loyalty oregon content successful Tinubu’s leadership.

Momodu claimed that galore governors are privately being fixed an ultimatum to either “support the ruling enactment oregon look targeted attacks”.

He said Tinubu, erstwhile a pro-democracy figure, indispensable present let ideology to thrive successful Nigeria oregon hazard facing heavy regret aboriginal successful life.

Reacting to Momodu’s accusation, Morka said the determination by the Delta authorities politician and those with him to articulation the APC is not due to the fact that anyone intimidated them.

He said:

“No 1 is coercing anyone. I americium from Delta state, and successful my state, everyone knows we don’t output easy to intimidation. What you are witnessing is axenic voluntariness, a determination by the politician and those with him to articulation our party. They are not joining our enactment due to the fact that anyone successful the APC has intimidated them, oregon has cajoled them. Delta is 1 of the richest states successful this country, astatine slightest going by Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocation. So, astatine slightest the politician is well-resourced.“There is nary ground connected which anyone tin suggest, credibly, that what we witnessed what arsenic a effect of intimidation oregon anyone cajoling anybody. That is not the case.”

Speaking further, Morka asserted that the PDP “is successful a blistery messiness arsenic a party”.

He lambasted Atiku Abubakar, the statesmanlike campaigner of the PDP successful the 2023 election, saying the erstwhile vice-president “would not walk 10 minutes fixing his party”, but is pushing a conjugation agenda.

The APC authoritative added:

“So erstwhile radical determine that determination is nary headway and they privation to move, you cannot truly blasted them. The enactment has failed to connection them immoderate signifier of superior prospect.”

Morka's refutation video can beryllium watched below:

Keyamo, others respond to Oborevwori, Okowa’s defections

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that curate of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo (SAN), expressed gratitude to Tinubu for his enactment arsenic cardinal governmental stakeholders successful Delta authorities dumped the PDP for the ruling APC.

Delta-born Keyamo appreciated Tinubu’s enactment successful a station connected X, moments aft Governor Oborevwori of the authorities and his commissioners made known their defection to the APC.

In the aforesaid vein, Bashir Ahmad, erstwhile peculiar adjunct connected integer communications to ex-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, expressed his delight.

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