BREAKING: Ex-Delta gov Okowa dumps PDP for APC

Former governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Senator James Manager announced this on Wednesday in Asaba, Delta State capital shortly after a meeting at Government House, Asaba.

Manager stated, “All PDP members in the state, including the governor, former Governor Okowa, the Speaker, the state party chairman, all the local government chairmen and others, have agreed to move to the APC. We cannot continue to be in a sinking boat.”

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Before the announcement, Okowa said in his dialect, while addressing a people, that he would take the best decision.

“Be assured that we will not go in the wrong direction. We will take the best direction, the best path for our people,” said the former governor in a viral video.