We Defected To APC In Delta People’s Interest, Say Gov Oborevwori, Okowa

Delta State governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has described his defection alongside his cupboard and different stakeholders from the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as “a motion” fairly than a mere political shift.

Governor Oborevwori disclosed this on Monday whereas addressing a big crowd on the welcome rally to formally obtain him and others to APC.

“What you could have seen right here right this moment is a motion, not a defection,” he stated. “We now have consulted stakeholders in any respect ranges. Mr President has proven us love. We can not face him in 2027 to work towards him. While you seek the advice of broadly, you possibly can see that the love is natural.”

The governor’s defection to APC marked a serious political realignment in Delta State.

Recall that on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, the governor and his predecessor, former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, had introduced to modify allegiance to the APC.

Additionally, talking on the occasion attended by APC nationwide chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, some governors elected on the platform of the ruling occasion, Okowa emphasised that the transfer was made within the curiosity of the state and its folks.

“It’s a nice day for us in Delta State. When the information broke out on Wednesday, the twenty third of April 2025, that we had determined to alter our path, folks puzzled why,” Okowa stated. “However one factor is essential: within the historical past of a folks, there’s at all times a time to alter a path for the frequent good of the folks, and no matter resolution that we took was based mostly on that frequent good and the necessity to change our path in the very best curiosity of our state.”

Okowa, who served as Delta State governor from 2015 to 2023, defined that the choice was motivated by the necessity to set up stronger ties with the federal authorities on the centre.

“As I did inform people who day, it was not about me, it was not concerning the governor, however the truth that there’s a want for us to hook up with Abuja, that goodwill that’s in Abuja, that useful resource that’s in Abuja of which Delta is a big contributor, there’s a want to hook up with it. I used to be governor for eight years; I did my greatest, however we misplaced so much, and I didn’t consider that the governor wanted to remain working very laborious with out tapping into that,” Okowa said.

“However because the governor is doing so much for us, he additionally wants to hook up with the better supply of energy, sources, and goodwill in Abuja,” the previous governor added.

He additional described the transfer as daring, patriotic, and well-intentioned. “After we sat down after the stakeholders assembly, we thought that it was essential to make this transfer. The transfer is daring, it’s patriotic, and it’s well-intentioned. It’s in the very best curiosity of our state.”