…Our Defection To APC Is A Movement – Oborevwori
By Onomiguren Agbamu
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Monday, described the defection of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, and the entire structure of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressives Congress, APC as a political tsunami of unimaginable proportions.
President Tinubu stated this while receiving Governor Oborevwori, and the entire membership of the PDP to the APC at the Cenotaph, Asaba.
The President, who was represented by the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, lauded Governor Oborevwori for the cordial relationship between them and for leading members of the PDP to the APC.
He said: “Oborevwori defection is a political tsunami of unimaginable proportion that has never happened in the history of the South-South region and barely in the history of this country”
He noted that “A political tsunami of this proportion has never happened where all the members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly are in the APC.
“The Speaker and all the members of the House of Assembly. So many members of the House of Representatives, the Governor and his entire cabinet and 500 councillors across the 25 local government areas of this great state. What testimony do you have greater than this?
“The true measure of a political party lies not merely in the industry, the very name of its members, but in the conviction. It is, in fact, among those who once stood across from them.
Responding, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori described the defection as a historic movement in the best interest of the state.
Oborevwori pledged to unify the party to ensure total victory for it in the coming elections.
Oborevwori said; “what you have seen here today is a movement: it’s not a defection; it’s a movement. We have done consultations with our National Assembly members, with leadership, with stakeholders at the state level, at the senatorial level, at the local government level, at the ward level, and we all decided that we must all join.
“This is Delta State; we cannot carry last. When we stand for something, we remain committed to it; we have been in opposition for almost 10 years.
“This is a movement: this is not a defection; we have agreed we will move together and when we move together, what is at the national we will be able to grab it.
“Our members in the National Assembly they are the next; they have agreed they will all defect on the floor of the house, and we have justification to move.
“All of us want to be in the Renew Hope Agenda which is in line with my MORE Agenda. “
The National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, applauded the cordial relationship between the Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori and his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.
Ganduje said the National Working Committee, NWC of the party was highly impressed because of the cordial relationship existing between the predecessor and successor which, according to him, was very rare in the country.
“So, we have to thank Dr. Okowa for that good relationship. Ladies and gentlemen, my job is very important which is accepting, welcoming and also, embracing the Governor and the people of Delta State into our great party, the APC.
“Mr. Governor, what l would like to tell you while accepting you into our party, is that our core value in APC is progressive leadership and coincidently, from what we have seen on the ground in respect of your programmes and your projects, you are a progressive Governor.
“So, we are welcoming you for coming home. We believe in progressive ideas, we believe in proximity, interacting with different levels of our party; we believe in openness, we believe in internal democracy, we believe in self -accountability, and we thank you for coming in,” he said.
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