By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA (PRECISE POST) – The Presidency on Wednesday reacted to the defection by the Governor of Delta State, Rt Hon. Sheriff Francis Oborevwori from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), bragging that almost all opposition members will join in the coming days, including a former vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election.
Precise Post recalls that Oborevwori’s defection was revealed on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting at the Government House in Asaba.
Announcing the defection in Asaba on Wednesday, Senator James Manager, who addressed the press after a meeting of the PDP stakeholders in Government House, said a formal declaration would be made on Monday.
He said that the governor’s defection to the ruling party was for the interest and the overall development of Delta state.
According to Manager, the entire PDP structures in the state had been collapsed to the APC. Given the current development, Delta State is now an APC state.
The Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala who took to his verified X account to react said: “Delta in the bag, almost all opposition members are coming, including a former vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election.”
Bwala who made a mockery of the planned coalition of opposition parties, described it as a coalition of confusion, stressing that they have not seen anything yet. He highlighted that a former presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election is warming up as well to join.
Hear him:
“Coalition of confusing confusion; Una never see anything yet. A former presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election is warming up as well.”
“There are only two political parties in Nigeria; APC and others,” Bwala added.
Further recall that the immediate governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, and all members of the PDP, on Wednesday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Shortly after a high-level closed-door meeting held at the Government House in Asaba on Wednesday, Senator James Manager stated that; “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.”
Recall that former Governor Okowa was the Vice Presidential candidate to Atiku Abubakar of the PDP in the 2023 general election .
