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Delta PDP Leaders Tasks Governor Sheriff Oborevwori on Defection Plans
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Concerned leaders of People’s Democratic Party PDP in Delta state has accused Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta state of his conclusion to defect to All Progressives Congress APC.
A statement issued on Saturday jointly signed by Theophelius Ekiyor, Ochuko Oghenekome, and Ezekiel Chukwudi in an open letter to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori tagged “We, the CONCERNED LEADERS OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP)
in Delta State, are compelled to address you in this open letter regarding the very disturbing rumours of your alleged plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), to secure your governorship seat ahead of 2027 general elections. ”
The ripe rumour mill going round the town has given credence to your intentions to cross carpet to ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC).
It is also obvious that you have been secretly romancing with the Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu which gave impetus to the rumour.
According to the Concerned Delta state PDP Leaders said you are now point man to Mr President which included his Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila and Lagos state governor , Babajide Sanwo-Olu working to perfect your meeting with President Tinubu .
You already have the desire to cross carpet, join the All Progressives Congress, APC in the shortest possible time, PDP stakeholders in Delta state stated.
We are therefore demanding a clarification and quick response to the growing allegations on your defection rumour already going round .
It is already obvious your yuletide romance and coordination of the activities of Mr President was an impetus to the purported rumour.
The statement further reads …
CONCERNED LEADERS OF PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), DELTA STATE CHAPTER
80, WARRI/SAPELE ROAD, WARRI, DELTA STATE.
OPEN LETTER TO GOVERNOR SHERIFF OBOREVWORI TO CONFIRM THE RUMOURS OF HIS PLANNED DEFECTION TO THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC).
“We, the CONCERNED LEADERS OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP)
in Delta State, are compelled to address you in this open letter regarding the very disturbing rumours of your alleged plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC), to secure your governorship seat ahead of 2027 general elections.”
*The rumour mills are agog with stories of your intention of cross-carpeting to the ruling party at the centre, the All Progressives Congress (APC).*
“That you have been secretly romancing top aides to His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
“Top presidential aide and allies of the President, mentioned as your point men for your new venture, include; the Chief of Staff to the President, Alhaji Femi Gbajabiamila and the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who are now working to facilitate a meeting between you and President Tinubu on this self-seeking agenda.”
“Your ultimate goal, as pointed out by those close to you, is to obtain approval to join the APC.”
“In this regard, we are deeply troubled by these flying and unconfirmed rumours.”
“We therefore demand prompt clarification from you to put us in the picture.”
“A delayed response could be considered as glaring evidence of your compromised position.”
“Your recent private yuletide meeting with aforementioned presidentiap aides and others, in Lagos, moment after the general meeting of the states’ governors with the nation’s number one citizen, where your alleged defection plans were reportedly hatched and extensively discussed, has left many of us feeling betrayed and confused.”
“We urge you to come clean of your intentions and provide us reassurance about our future in the PDP.”
“Furthermore, we are aware that you have been fraternizing with some factional leaders of the APC in Delta State. This move is said to be a strategic move to weaken the strong voices within the APC in the state over your intention.”
*We therefore demand that you state in clear terms why you are clandestinely holding nocturnal engagements with a handful of leaders of APC in the State?”
“Additionally, there are complaints of your sponsoring dissident groups within the APC in the state.*
“This tactic is believed to be aimed at creating more divisions within the party to pave the way for your eventual defection.”
“We are also aware that some top leaders of the APC in the State Working Committee are on your payroll. Some of these leaders have received appointments for their boys and regularly get financial gratification, in exchange for their loyalty and support.”
*We are very disappointed for this betrayal of trust and confidence. ”
“Moreso, the majority of us in PDP who toiled for your emergence as governor are yet to be rewarded in whatever form in almost two years of your reign.”
“We condemn your regular liaisons with members of APC within and outside the state.”
“Please desist from it. You should be told in clear terms that it’s anti-party.”
*You recently caused us huge embarrassment at Urhobo Progressives Union (UPU) gathering, when you openly endorsed President Tinubu’s policies and programmes – this has raised eyebrows within the PDP. ”
“Your statement, “If President Tinubu fails, I also fail,” has no other interpretation. It is a clear indication of your intention to join the APC.”
“It is sad that you are openly identifying with the opposition in the state .”
” How can a governor elected under the platform of the PDP be doing this?*
“It’s sad that this is coming from you, Your Excellency, who was resoundly elected on the platform of PDP”.
“You openly betrayed the trust of our teeming party members when you canvassed support for a President, whose failure in governance was monumental. ”
*An apparently naive media aide of your’s narrowly escaped being relieved of his appointment recently, when having wrongly interpreted your body language, criticised the inhuman policies and programmes of APC, nay Tinubu’s government. ”
“The embattled aide was considered a spoiler in the planned odyssey.”
“It took the intervention of well-meaning Deltans for the media aide to escape the sledge-hammers.”
“What evidence do we need to confirm your defection talks with APC after the experience of the media aide?”
“It’s more worrisome because the same your very self has been keeping grudges with party faithfuls found to be remotely associating with opposition elements.”
*In your case, no one can challenge the boss.”
“Why your sudden loss of faith in PDP? Is it because you knew that you could not win the return ticket on the platform of our party in view of your abysmal performance and policy of exclusion and winner takes all?”
“With the government of “family affairs” deeply entrenched and policy of use and dump of especially, the critical elements who facilitated your emergence as the flagbearer of our party, you surely have a cause to worry about your fate in 2027. ”
*But you missed the point by considering APC as a safe haven.
As the leader of our great party in the state, your body language and actions have serious implications for our collective future.”
“We cannot afford to have our party’s fortunes decimated and undermined by your personal ambition. ”
*Our greatest worries are the teeming PDP representatives in various elective positions and other party faithfuls, who are desirous of contesting elections in 2027.”
“Now that you, as governor and leader of the party, is planning to abandon it to contest under the APC, under what party should they express their aspirations? Or are they going to move along with you to the APC?”
“These are mind bugling questions you must resolve quickly for everyone to know where they belong.
You can no longer keep us in the dark or be silent about your intentions.*
“In this respect, we demand transparency and openness, over your intent to jump ship.
“We are entitled to know the truth. We ask that you address these grapevine stories and provide reassurance of your commitment to the PDP.*
“The PDP has remained a beacon of hope and point of anchor for the people of Delta State since 1999. ”
*We have worked tirelessly to build the party into a formidable force in the state.”
*We therefore won’t allow anyone to scuttle our well- earned place in the hearts of the people.”
*We will not stand idly and watch, while the party’s fortunes are undermined and frittered away through your inordinate desperation to remain as governor at all cost.”
“In light of the foregoing, we urge you to clear the air and reassure us of your loyalty, integrity and unwavering commitment to the PDP. *
“We await your prompt response.
We will not accept to be treated like pawns in your political chess game. We deserve respect and transparency from you.*
“In view of these developments, we urge you to reconsider your actions and reaffirm your commitment to the PDP. We are willing to work with you to resolve all issues that may be driving your desire to defect.”
“However, if you refuse to address these concerns and continue on the path, we shall be forced to take necessary actions to protect the interests of the party.
We hope that you will take our concerns seriously and respond immediately.”
SINCERELY YOUR’S SIR,
SIGNED:
MR. THEOPHILUS EKIYOR
MR. OCHUKO OGHENEKOME
MR. EZEKIEL CHUKWUDI
FOR CONCERNED LEADERS OF PDP, DELTA STATE CHAPTER
The Social Democratic Party has picked a former Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, as its candidate for the 2027 Nasarawa State governorship election.
Adamu emerged during a substitution primary held on Saturday in Lafia, the state capital, following the withdrawal of the party’s previously listed candidate, Musa Angba.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had listed Angba as the SDP’s governorship candidate for the state before his withdrawal paved the way for the substitution.
Declaring the result, the Chairman of the SDP Electoral Committee for Nasarawa State, Joseph Achille, said the primary was conducted across the state’s 13 local government areas.
Achille said 28,637 delegates participated in the exercise, adding that the votes cast at the ward level were duly collated.
“Sitting before you today to conduct this election. As you are all aware, we have a sole candidate for the office of governor, SDP, Nasarawa State,” he told the delegates.
He subsequently declared Adamu the winner after the former police chief secured the highest number of valid votes.
“Having scored the total votes peacefully and lawfully, it gives me singular privilege, by the powers conferred on me by the National Executive Committee and the National Working Committee, to declare the result that Mohammed Abubakar Adamu scored the highest lawful valid votes.
“Subsequently, he is declared, returned, and elected as the candidate and flag-bearer of the Social Democratic Party for Nasarawa State,” Achille said.
He described the exercise as free, fair and credible before inviting Adamu to deliver his acceptance speech.
The former IG thanked the party for conducting the primary and pledged to work towards improving the state if elected in 2027.
“I am delighted that the primaries have been conducted. I’m also delighted that we have been declared the winner. My family and the people of Nasarawa State are delighted that this primary has been conducted, and we have been declared winners,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Director of Media and Strategic Communications of the Adamu Campaign Organisation, Otaru Douglas, said the former police chief’s affirmation had ended what he described as speculation over the SDP ticket.
In a statement issued after the exercise, Douglas claimed the turnout and unanimous support for Adamu demonstrated the party’s unity ahead of the election.
“The people have shown uncommon resilience and commitment to changing the governance narrative of our dear state. They have rejected politics of intimidation and inducement and have chosen competence, experience, integrity and proven leadership,” he said.
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has challenged President Bola Tinubu to open up his records for public scrutiny, just as he has done, insisting that the renewed circulation of decades-old allegations against him is a distraction from the president’s own reluctance to submit to similar examination.
In a statement issued on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, the former vice president, described the resurfacing of allegations rooted in the political battles of the President Olusegun Obasanjo era as the convulsion of political opponents cornered by their own failures, unable to defend the hardship Nigerians are enduring and now desperately searching for an Atiku controversy because they cannot survive scrutiny of their own economic record.
“At some point, desperation announces itself. When those defending this government can no longer explain why food, transportation, electricity, rent, education, insecurity and healthcare are increasingly beyond the reach of ordinary families, they rummage through twenty-year-old files looking for an escape route. This is panic dressed up as accountability,” the statement read.
Atiku maintained that the allegations had already been tested through the full machinery of the state during his political disagreement with the Obasanjo administration, and none resulted in a conviction. “Let us not rewrite history. The Obasanjo administration did not protect me. At the height of our political disagreement, these matters travelled through the EFCC, an administrative panel, the National Assembly and the courts. The machinery of the state was fully deployed, and the political hostility was public. Yet no court convicted me on these allegations. That is the record.”
He questioned what new evidence had emerged to justify reviving the allegations nearly two decades later.
According to him, “A petition is not a conviction, an acknowledgement stamp is not evidence of guilt, and repetition cannot magically become a judgment of court.” Anyone with credible evidence against me should bring it out and test it before the law. I have issued that challenge before, and I repeat it today without hesitation.”
Drawing a contrast with the President, Atiku pointed to Tinubu’s intervention in an American court case seeking the release of FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration DEA records concerning him.
“While I am saying, ‘bring out your evidence,’ Tinubu actually went to an American court to intervene in a case seeking FBI and DEA records concerning him, citing privacy interests in records he argued should not be disclosed. It is like a man ordering his neighbour to empty his pockets while keeping his own firmly zipped.
A man seeking protection for his own records has no business waving petitions at somebody else. My challenge is simple: let every lawful record be opened and every allegation tested. Let Nigerians see who welcomes scrutiny and who reaches for privacy arguments when the files concern him,” he said.
He argued, however, that the exchange of allegations does little to address the everyday economic struggles of Nigerians.
Atiku also cautioned against the use of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC as a tool for political battles, stressing that the agency belongs to the country and not to any individual or party.
He said no amount of recycled allegations could substitute for governance that improves the lives of ordinary Nigerians.
According to him, the coming elections would ultimately be decided on record and performance, not on old political battles. “The old script did not stop me then, and it will not stop me now. In 2027, Nigerians will judge us by our records, the lives they are living and the future we offer them. Those afraid of that judgment may continue rummaging through the archives. We are facing the Nigerian people.”
The African Democratic Congress has unveiled its governorship and deputy governorship candidates for the 2027 general elections in 28 states, including former presidential aide Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour in Lagos, former Kaduna State governorship candidate Isa Ashiru and former Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
The party also fielded former Delta State governorship candidate Great Ogboru, Senator Ahmad Babba Kaita in Katsina.
The candidates were announced in a statement on Friday, with the party saying they would carry its banner and commitment to providing Nigerians with credible leadership and a “real alternative” in the 2027 elections.
A release by the party’s spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi also shared on X disclosed this.
Other notable candidates include Senator Halliru Dauda Jika in Bauchi, former House of Representatives member Herman Iorwase Hembe in Benue, former House of Representatives member Zakari Mohammed in Kwara and former Nigerian Army officer Brigadier General John Sunday Sura in Plateau.
The party also fielded candidates in Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Borno, Cross River, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara.
In Lagos, Rhodes-Vivour will contest the governorship with Gbadamosi Babatunde Olalere as his running mate, while Ashiru will fly the party’s ticket in Kaduna alongside Kantiok Irmiya Ishaku.
Ogboru is paired with Afiari Gloria in Delta, while Kaita will contest in Katsina with Aminu Yar’adua Ahmed as his running mate.
In Kebbi, Malami will contest alongside Zagi Musa Mohammed.
The ADC said the candidates represented its commitment to offering Nigerians an alternative ahead of the 2027 elections.
ADC unveiled the candidates ahead of the February 6, 2027 governorship elections.
Also, governorship campaigns are scheduled to begin on September 9, 2026.
Here is the full list:
ADC governor & deputy governor candidates
Abia: Governor – Kalu Kalu Agu; Deputy Governor – Alozie Ogidimma Darlington.
Adamawa: Governor – Modibbo Hammantukur Ribadu; Deputy Governor – Aguwa Kevin Iliya.
Akwa Ibom: Governor – Akpanudoedehe John James; Deputy Governor – Nsien Mkpombuk Tommy.
Bauchi: Governor – Sen. Halliru Dauda Jika; Deputy Governor – Sama’ila Mohammed Kabir.
Benue: Governor – Rt. Hon. Herman Iorwase Hembe; Deputy Governor – Abba John Abba.
Borno: Governor – Babagana Buhari; Deputy Governor – Mamman Dauda.
Cross River: Governor – Nkoyo Toyo; Deputy Governor – Okwoche Andrew Adagbor.
Delta: Governor – Chief Great Ogboru; Deputy Governor – Afiari Gloria.
Ebonyi: Governor – Ukpai Mba Udeh; Deputy Governor – Onwe Daniel Ede.
Enugu: Governor – Ocho Obodoze Chukwuma; Deputy Governor – Eze Arinze Christopher.
Gombe: Governor – Bala Bello; Deputy Governor – Bala Sani Isa.
Jigawa: Governor – Sabo Mohammed Nakudu; Deputy Governor – Musa Ya’u Balarabe.
Kaduna: Governor – Isa Mohammed Ashiru; Deputy Governor – Kantiok Irmiya Ishaku.
Kano: Governor – Ibrahim Ali Amin; Deputy Governor – Shehu Abdulkadir Bari.
Kastina: Governor – Sen. Ahmad Babba Kaita; Deputy Governor – Aminu Yar’adua Ahmed.
Kebbi: Governor – Abubakar Malami; Deputy Governor – Zagi Musa Mohammed.
Kwara: Governor – Zakari Mohammed; Deputy Governor – Olawuyi Julius Olayide.
Lagos State: Governor – Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour; Deputy Governor – Gbadamosi Babatunde Olalere.
Nasarawa: Nuhu Angbazo — Governor; Ahmed Yusuf — Deputy Governor
Niger: Dr. Mohammed Kpautagi — Governor; Musa Mamman — Deputy Governor
Ogun: Biodun Collins Ogundipe — Governor; Muraina Oluwaranti Oluyemi — Deputy Governor
Oyo: Taofeek Adegboyega Adegoke — Governor; Wahab Adeniyi — Deputy Governor
Plateau: Brig. Gen. John Sunday Sura — Governor; Pwajok-Kele Chundung Bitrus — Deputy Governor
Rivers: Gabriel Pidomson — Governor; Okumgba David Amapakaye — Deputy Governor
Sokoto: Manir Mohammad Daniya — Governor; Isah Bello Ambarura — Deputy Governor
Taraba: Abubakar Umar Tutare — Governor; Kwetishe Haruna Kwenyan — Deputy Governor
Yobe: Kassim G. Gaidam — Governor; Kori Lawan Mohammed — Deputy Governor
Zamfara: Shinkafi Bilyaminu Yusuf — Governor; Muhammad Abdulmuddalib Auwal — Deputy Governor
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