Delta PDP chieftain dumps Okowa, joins APC after Tinubu’s victory

A distinguished chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering in Delta State and the Koromotiemowei of Ogbe Ijoh Warri Kingdom, Chief Aribogha Johnny, on Wednesday formally dumped the PDP and defected to the All Progressives Congress.

Johnny, alongside his supporters, defected few hours after the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee  declared Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC the winner of the 2023 presidential election.

The previous PDP chieftain mentioned in a signed assertion that his “resolution got here not simply because of the result of the simply concluded presidential election, however because of the extent of marginalisation and disrespect he has confronted within the Peoples Democratic Social gathering for a few years.”

In line with him, his political allegiance had been with the PDP till the social gathering management began treating him like a “low class member” regardless of his contributions to the successes recorded within the social gathering on the state degree prior to now years.

“As such, I’ve determined to maneuver to a celebration the place my efforts within the politics of the state and past might be recognised and appreciated,” he acknowledged.

Whereas welcoming Johnny and his supporters, the APC management in Delta, led by the Director Common of the social gathering’s governorship marketing campaign council, Elder Godsday Orubebe and Chief Bosin Ebikeme, the director of the social gathering’s contact and mobilisation marketing campaign council, expressed pleasure in receiving the previous PDP chieftain, noting that his resolution was in the correct path.

They remarked that the Delta APC would regard him as a bonafide member who can even be a part of the social gathering’s resolution making course of.

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