“If you like decamp wetin concern us after all na second tenure you dey, Oga quietly join, there is no need to explain”— reactions as Delta state Governor, Okowa Visit Diri
By Passman Akpos
Eyebrow rises as the Governor of Delta state, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori and his predecessor Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, visited the Bayelsa state Governor, Sen. Douye Diri at Government House, Yenagoa.
According to the Bayelsa state Governor, their visit was based on discussion centred around collaboration as states in the Niger Delta In particular, they discussed on how the region will derive the full benefits of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road that will cross-cross Niger-Delta states ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s inauguration of the first phase of the project in Lagos on Saturday.
“If you like decamp wetin concern us after all na second tenure you dey. If them use EFCC threaten you na Una sabi, Oga Quietly join, there is no need to explain”
Recall, In a major twist to political permutations ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
At a ceremony attended by a mammoth crowd at the Cenotaph in Asaba on Monday, the Delta capital, Oborevwori, Okowa, and others in the oil-rich state were received into the APC, days after they announced their decision to leave the PDP.
The defectors were officially received into the party by chieftains of the ruling APC, including Vice President Kashim Shettima; the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje; Senator Adams Oshiomhole; Governor Hope Uzodimma, who is the chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, among other political bigwigs.
At the event, the Delta governor described the decision as historic. Oborevwori said the move to the APC was borne out of the desire to get the best for the South-South state.
Governor Diri noted “This morning, my brother-governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, was my guest at Government House, Yenagoa.
He was accompanied by his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, who is a friend and close ally.Our discussion centred around collaboration as states in the Niger Delta. In particular, we discussed how our region will derive the full benefits of the Lagos-Calabar coastal road that will cross-cross our states ahead of President Bola Tinubu’s inauguration of the first phase of the project in Lagos this Saturday”.
