Another Delta PDP chieftain defects to APC
Barely two weeks after losing a sitting senator, Senator Ned Nwoko, to the All Progressives Congress, another chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, Dr Chris Okobah, has defected to the APC.
Okobah, a foundation member of the PDP, formally defected on Sunday along with thousands of supporters, including the former treasurer of the PDP in the area, Mr Justus Elue, to the APC at Ward 2, Onicha Ugbo in Aniocha North area of the state.
Okobah said the defection was to enable him to realign with the APC in the avowed determination to bring development and progress to the Onicha-Ugbo Community as well as tackle the problem of unemployment facing the army of unemployed youths in the community.
He said, “I believe that APC will bring unprecedented dividends of democracy to the Onicha-Ugbo community; it is a new dawn for the community because the interest of the people would be brought to the front burner of conversation at the highest level.
“I want to charge the people of the community to close ranks and move en masse to the APC and take advantage of the different opportunities being provided by the Senator representing Delta North in the National Assembly, Senator Ned Nwoko to empower themselves economically.
Receiving Dr Okobah and his supporters into the APC family, the Aniocha North APC Chairman, Mr Mathew Chinyere said Dr Okobah’s defection to APC was a good omen adding that Dr Okobah would bring his wealth of experience to bear in the conduct of the affairs of the party.
Chinye said the political horizon was bright for the Party and enjoined progressives to work towards the victory of the APC at all levels of governance in 2027.
The ward chairman of the APC, Mr Frank Asimoye, congratulated Dr Okobah on the bold and well-considered decision to join the party, saying that his membership in the APC along with his teaming supporters would be an added boost to the fortunes of the party in the area and Delta North at large in future political engagements.
The APC candidate for the Oshimili South House of Assembly Election in 2023, Ogbueshi Sualieze Eluaka, described Dr Chris Okobah as a political colossus and grassroots mobiliser whose political antecedents and pedigree would bring great fortune to the APC.
Ogbueshi Eluaka said the wave of defection into the party was a clear indication of what was coming and urged APC supporters across the state to leverage the development to continue to work for the success of the party.
