Abdullahi Ganduje, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed delight at the defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State and his immediate predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa to the All Progressive Congress.
Ganduje in a statement signed by Felix Morka, APC’s National Publicity Secretary while welcoming the decampees to the APC, assured them of full support and cooperation.
The statement reads: “The National Working Committee of All Progressives Congress, APC, under the leadership of His Excellency, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, CON, is highly elated by the decision of the Governor of Delta State, His Excellency Sheriff Oborevwori, to join our great Party, along with eminent leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, including former Governor of Delta State and vice presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 presidential election, His Excellency Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, senior administration officials, leaders and members of the House of Assembly, local government chairmen and councilors in the state, and teeming leaders and members of the PDP.
“Our great party welcomes this important development, and assures the Governor and incoming leaders and members of Delta PDP of our fullest cooperation and accommodation in the APC family.
“With this move, coming on the heels of steady decamping of PDP leaders and members across the state to APC, including members of Delta Unity Group in Ika federal constituency, we are delighted that Delta State, now an APC state, stands poised to contribute maximally to the success and realization of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and to the enduring good and prosperity of Deltans and all Nigerians.”