Oborevwori, Okowa’s defection to APC greatest political tsunami – Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has described arsenic the top governmental tsunami ever witnessed successful Nigeria the defection of the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and his predecessor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The President, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, during the authoritative reception of the governor, Okowa, and the full PDP operation successful the authorities contiguous successful Asaba, stated that ne'er earlier has immoderate politician successful the state defected to different enactment with the full operation of his erstwhile enactment — from ward to authorities and nationalist levels, including elected and appointed officers — pursuing suit.

The President instantly urged the duo and their teeming followers not to spot themselves arsenic tenants successful the APC but arsenic co-owners of the enactment successful the project-Nigeria.

He was supported by the National Chairman of the APC, Suleiman Ganduje; the Senior Special Adviser to the President; the Governor of Kwara State and president of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum; and the president of the APC Governors’ Forum, Hope Uzodimma.

“It happened to beryllium the archetypal of its benignant that a afloat location would beryllium collapsed into different party,” helium said.

He hailed the politician for what helium described arsenic “a bold step” and commended Okowa, who was the 2023 Vice Presidential campaigner of the PDP, for his cordial narration with his successor.

Shettima said: “From what you person been doing since you assumed office, which we person seen, you person been a progressive Governor. This your authoritative defection has made you the person of the enactment successful the state. You are not tenants successful the enactment but co-owners and unneurotic we shall beryllium a Nigeria of our dream.”

Ganduje described the defection to the APC arsenic not lone historical but patriotic, positioning the authorities for optimum performance.

Governor Oborevwori, successful his speech, said the oil-rich authorities could nary longer spend to stay successful absorption and described his defection to the APC arsenic a “patriotic question successful the champion involvement of the state.”

He vowed to bash everything wrong his powerfulness to resoluteness the grievances wrong the caller APC family.

Former Governor Okowa besides stated that helium had not made immoderate mistake successful defecting to the APC, noting that the authorities had, for implicit 10 years, played 2nd fiddle astatine the nationalist level, contempt being the eagle laying the aureate eggs for the nation’s economy.

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, the erstwhile Deputy Senate President, Chief Ovie Omo-Agege, and different dignitaries were contiguous astatine the occasion.