Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo has thanked President Bola Tinubu for his leadership as political stakeholders in Delta State dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Keyamo appreciated Tinubu’s leadership in a post on X on
Wednesday, hours after Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State and his
commissioners announced their defection to the APC.
Reacting to the announcement, the minister shared a video of
the governor and his cabinet members singing ‘On Your Mandate,’ a political
anthem associated with President Tinubu.
He wrote: “Today is the day the Lord has made in Delta
State. Finally, finally Delta is APC! Thank you, Mr. President for your
leadership that has attracted the best to our Party. Thank you, my leader &
Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori for your foresight and courage in taking this bold
decision.”
Similarly, Ifeanyi Okowa, the immediate past Governor of
Delta State and Vice Presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 election,
has confirmed his defection to the APC.
While announcing the development, Senator James Manager
said, “All PDP members in the state, including the governor, former Governor
Okowa, the Speaker, the state party chairman, and all local government
chairmen, had agreed to join the APC. We cannot continue to be in a sinking
boat,” he said.
Traditionally, Delta State is one of the PDP strongholds;
however, Governor Sheriff, his predecessor and his cabinet members’ defection
underscores the political shift and the collapse of the PDP in the state.
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