The widespread defection of Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori and other Delta elected officials and party leaders including, former governor Okowa from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been described as painful and disheartening by the Peoples Democratic Party.
Umar Damagum, the PDP’s acting national chairman, announced this in Abuja during a ceremony to award Mr. Jude Ezenwafor, the party’s nominee for the Anambra governorship, a Certificate of Return.
In his words, “It is very sad and unfortunate because, to me, if there’s any state that should think that way, it’s not Delta, because the party is very magnanimous.
“I thank God that in their message, they didn’t say that the party did anything wrong to them other than good.
“It’s a decision taken by them, but the pains will be in us, not because of anything, but because we gave Delta all our support, from the emergence of the governor to his predecessor, who also doubled as our vice presidential candidate.
“We least expected this action from them. All the same, this is a party that has seen more than that, but it’s still standing,”
According to Damagum, the party leadership was doing an assessment in order to form a caretaker committee for the party in the state.
He further stated that the 2027 election would be about Nigerians, not how many governors a party has.
Additionally, Damagum said that no obstacle is insurmountable and encouraged all party members to unite in order to save Nigeria.
He expressed confidence that the election will be won by PDP, further congratulating Ezenwafor on being the party’s candidate in Anambra.
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