“We Don’t Have Time for Ned Nwoko” – Governor Oborevwori Denies APC Defection Rumour

Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has refuted claims that he is planning to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the rumour as baseless and laughable. The clarification follows remarks by Delta North Senator Ned Nwoko, who alleged during a political gathering in Agbor on Saturday that Oborevwori was making moves to join the APC.

Nwoko, who recently defected from the PDP to the APC, made the statement at the official defection ceremony of the Delta Unity Group, a socio-political organisation that switched allegiance to the APC. He suggested that Governor Oborevwori was seeking entry into the party but was “not welcome.”

In response, the governor, through the Director-General of the Delta State Orientation and Communications Bureau, Fred Oghenesivbe, dismissed the allegation as unfounded. Oghenesivbe reaffirmed that Oborevwori remains committed to the PDP and criticized Nwoko’s comments as lacking credibility.

“We don’t have time for Ned Nwoko. We have spoken extensively on this issue before now, myself and even the commissioner, Charles Aniagwu, that the governor is not defecting,” Oghenesivbe said. He further challenged the senator to provide evidence to support his claim and questioned the logic behind Nwoko’s assertion.

“Did Governor Sheriff tell Nwoko that he is coming to the APC? You, journalists, should ask Ned Nwoko whether Sheriff approached him about coming to the APC. If Oborevwori didn’t approach Nwoko about joining the APC, where did Nwoko get that information, for him to even be saying Sheriff is not welcome in the APC? It doesn’t make sense to anybody,” he added.