2019: APC TO TAKE OVER DELTA, AS OGBORU, OTHERS JOINS PARTY

Great Ogboru, former Delta Speaker, others join APC

*promise to claim Delta in 2019

By Chris Suleiman Abuja.

THE National Secretariat  of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was jampacked on Tuesday as political heavy-weight like the Great Ogboru, Hon. Victor Oche and their members of various political movements from Delta State, South-South Nigeria thronged the party’s headquarters to formally become members.

The delegation which was led by the Delta State party chairman,  Olisaemeka Akamukali told the party leadership that the APC in Delta state which has been bedeviled by all sorts of crises is now stronger and a united family.

Speaking after he has been presented to the National leadership of the party, Great Ogboru who is popularly addressed as the Peoples General recounted how his mandate has been stolen in the past because he was in the opposition party and how the past government used the judiciary to frustrate his mandate, adding that he is coming into APC with a faction of the Accord party known as the ‘light of Labour’.

According to him, Light of labour has always been APC because light of labour has its genesis from the South South coalition of the year 2000 which metamorphosed into Alliance for Democracy, AD and became the Democratic Peoples Party DPP, and then Accord party and now APC.

One of the decampees and former Speaker f Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Oche who was a former member of the House said that Delta has been a battle ground for political parties, saying that the PDP has used all sorts of tactics to retain power despite their disenchantment with the people. He maintains that most of the PDP hatched men have now embraced the APC, challenging the party to provide the enabling platform so that they can wrestle power out from the PDP.

“Your excellency, I want to give you my word that as a strong member of the party, be rest assured that  all we need is your cooperation, and give the environment to do the needful, because doing the needful is not difficult for us because we understand the terrain” Oche said.

On his part, Frank Kokori said that opposition politics is all he understands, adding that he had never benefited from a ruling party, insisting that Delta state is the most roten state and has nothing to show despite it huge resources.

He said, “Today I remain the compass, the moral conscience of the opposition in Delta State. Apart from the General and a few of us, we have remained steadfast in the opposition,  and have suffered a lot of deprivation in the hands of the ruling party”.

The Deputy National Chairman (South) Segun Oni assured the decampees that they are in the right party where every interest is favourably considered.
He said,”you are beginning to feel the way we felt. For a party to succeed, it must be an inclusive party. Show me a party of inclusiveness and I will show you progress and success. Now you are beggining to see it, to do it and I want to encourage you to do it, Oni said”

The Chairman of the Party, John Odigie Oyegun assured his guests that equality and transparency is the character of APC. He assured them that the party will do will work very hard to reclaim Delta in the next election.

He thanked Delta State former governorship aspirant for his open handedness, allowing even more powerful politicians to come into the fold.

He said, “Delta has been a difficult state but see what we are experiencing today. We are getting a crop of people who are beyond corruption, who have no prize tag.

” Before it was just a few persons which make organising very difficult. People cause trouble for a reason you cannot understand. They were being paid to cause a discordant tune deliberately within the system”, assuring all the the National Working Committee will soon be in Delat to consumate their membership.”