The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, announced the official defections of all Delta State House of Representatives members elected on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform to the All Progressives Congress (APC) during plenary on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The lawmakers, in separate letters, attributed their decisions to internal PDP crises and leadership issues at both the zonal and national levels.
The affected members include Victor Onyemaechi Nwokolo, representing Ika North East/Ika South, Julius Gbabojor Pondi, representing Burutu, Thomas Ereyitomi, representing Warri North/Warri South/Warri South West, and Nicholas Ebomo Mutu, representing Bomadi/Patani.
Basemedia News recalls that the Governor of Delta State, Sheriff Oborevwori, had two weeks ago, officially announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Oborevwori moved to the APC along with his deputy, Monday Onyeme, his commissioners and major stakeholders in the PDP in Delta State.
A former Governor of the State and 2023 vice presidential candidate of the PDP, Ifeanyi Okowa, also defected to the APC.
The two leaders and their supporters were subsequently welcomed to the APC in a mega rally in Asaba, Delta State, which Vice President Kashim Shettima, APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, and APC Governors, and several other party chieftains attended.
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