Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori was absent when the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) met in Abuja on Saturday night.
The meeting was to welcome new entrants into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), but Oborevwori, who recently teamed up with the party, did not attend.
Oborevwori, who swept to victory in 2023 under the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), however, dumped the party earlier in the week, citing several factors.
The governor, his predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and the entire PDP in the South-South state said they are collapsing their structure into the leading APC, which they argue serves as a better platform for the oil-rich state.
Other persons who attended the meeting include Senator Ned Nwoko, who represents Delta North; the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo; a former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege; APC scribe, Felix Morka; a former governorship candidate in Delta State, Great Ogboru, and other members of the National Assembly.
A former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege alongside some stakeholders attended the meeting with members of the Progressive Governors Forum in Abuja, as part of preparations to formalize the defection of the Delta State Governor, Sheriff OBOREVWORI, his cabinet members and other Stakeholders from the PDP into the All Progressive Congress(APC)
Briefing Journalists after a closed door meeting, the Chairman of the Forum and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma expressed the readiness of the forum and APC party to welcome the decampee.
He noted that all strategic networks to support the government of Delta State for the benefits of the citizens under the All Progressive led federal government are beginning to unfold.
Uzodinma who said members of the Progressives Governors Forum and other Chieftains will be at Asaba, Delta State Capital on Monday to formally receive the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) bigwigs into the All Progressives Congress (APC), with an assurance more opposition members will soon team with the APC soon to support President Bola Tinubu Renewed Hope Agenda.
