Revealed: Real reasons Delta Governor Obovrevwori dumped PDP for APC

• The Delta authorities governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, his lawman Monday Onyeme, and commissioners person defected from the PDP to the ruling APC
• Legit.ng reports that their defection was announced astatine a property briefing successful Asaba connected Wednesday, April 23, 2025
• Oborevwori’s defection to the APC is seen arsenic a important stroke to the PDP due to the fact that nary different governmental enactment has governed the authorities since 1999

Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering elections, politics, and governance successful Nigeria.

Asaba, Delta authorities - A study has shared immoderate reasons wherefore Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta authorities dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Legit.ng had reported however Oborevwori made the power alongside respective serving nationalist officials successful the salient south-south state.

Delta authorities politician Sheriff Oborevwori's defection to the APC is seen arsenic a important stroke to the PDP up of Nigeria's 2027 election. Photo credit: Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori
Source: Facebook

In the aforesaid vein, the contiguous past politician of Delta state, Ifeanyi Okowa, besides officially defected from the PDP to the APC.

The announcement came 2 years aft Okowa stood arsenic the moving mate of Atiku Abubakar of the PDP successful the Nigerian statesmanlike election.

Okowa was received by apical APC chieftains, arsenic galore described the determination arsenic a strategical governmental realignment up of the 2027 wide elections.

In a study connected Thursday, April 24, Premium Times noted that 1 of the reasons for Oborevwori's determination was the continued disaffection of the archetypal Fourth Republic politician of the state, James Ibori, with the incumbent governor.

Ibori has kept a region from Obovrevwori since the then-speaker of the authorities legislature defeated his campaigner (David Edevbie) successful the bitterly fought 2022 PDP governorship superior election.

Obovrevwori proceeded to triumph the wide predetermination without the backing of arguably the biggest sanction successful Delta PDP, Ibori. However, the erstwhile governor’s closeness to President Bola Tinubu makes him a much unsafe adversary.

Senator Ned Nwoko and militant person Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, are besides noted arsenic adversaries, thus, Obovrevwori decided that being connected President Tinubu’s broadside was important for his governmental survival.

Okowa and Governor Obovrevwori are governmental allies. Photo credit: @IAOkowa
Source: Twitter

Okowa’s ongoing probe by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been mentioned arsenic different origin that predisposed Delta PDP leaders to a woody with the governing party.

It is not wide if the anti-graft bureau would adjacent its record of the erstwhile governor’s alleged sleaze, adjacent though a erstwhile nationalist president of the enactment erstwhile said each sins are forgiven with arsenic an APC chieftain.

Be that arsenic it may, the astir important origin down Obovrevwori’s question was the realisation that the PDP had go jaded successful Delta authorities aft a lengthy rule. The enactment was reportedly losing grassroots support.

Reasons Delta Governor Obovrevwori joined APC:

1. Hostility betwixt James Ibori and Governor Obovrevwori.
2. Senator Ned Nwoko and Tompolo's fraternisation with President Tinubu.
3. Governor Obovrevwori's quest for governmental survival.
4. PDP reportedly losing grassroots enactment successful Delta state.

Delta: 'Nigeria present one-party state' - Akinnola

Meanwhile, Richard Akinnola, the enforcement manager of the Centre for Free Speech, posited that the APC is turning Nigeria into a one-party state.

In a station connected his known Facebook page, Akinnola said that shortly, Nigerians 'shall chronicle the existent governmental charlatanism'.

He wrote:

"Many expected governmental heavyweights defect to ruling parties for personal, opportunistic reasons, peculiarly successful our clime. Adams Oshiomhole, past arsenic APC president erstwhile said that erstwhile you articulation the APC, your sins are forgiven. In effect, immoderate articulation successful bid to person a brushed landing with the EFCC due to the fact that their sins would beryllium forgiven. "As Gani Fawehinmi said successful his unfastened missive to President Olusegun Obasanjo connected November 21, 2005, pursuing the decease of his wife, Stella, galore radical who came to shed crocodile tears astatine the ceremonial of Stella Obasanjo, did it for different, opportunistic reasons."In the aforesaid token, governmental defectors to the ruling enactment (irrespective of the ruling enactment successful power), mostly bash truthful to evade prosecution and if already being prosecuted, to get a brushed landing (we cognize however it's being done successful our clime). Members of the ruling enactment are successful a dancing temper implicit the emerging one-party authorities due to the fact that they judge APC is the champion happening to hap to Nigeria aft the 1914 amalgamation. "The bully happening is that astatine the due clip successful the adjacent future, determination are radical who would chronicle their deeds. Na present we dey. No leave, nary transfer. Welcome, one-party state."

APC defends Delta politicians' exit from PDP

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Felix Morka, the nationalist spokesperson of the APC, said the ruling enactment is not coercing anyone to defect.

Morka said Delta politicians joining the APC bash truthful purely connected "voluntary" bases, adding that the PDP “is successful a blistery mess”.

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Source: Legit.ng