The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to take authorized motion in opposition to Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and others who just lately defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
After a six-hour closed-door assembly at its nationwide secretariat in Abuja on Tuesday, April 29, the PDP’s Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) directed its nationwide authorized adviser to start the method of reclaiming what it described because the celebration’s “stolen mandate” in Delta State.
In a communiqué issued after the assembly, the celebration formally instructed its authorized staff to pursue courtroom proceedings in opposition to Oborevwori and fellow defectors.
The PDP additionally moved to stabilise its construction within the state by appointing its South-South Zonal Chairman, Emma Ogidi, to guide reorganisation efforts.
Performing Nationwide Chairman Umar Damagum stated, “We’ve additionally instructed the nationwide authorized adviser to get well our mandate that they’ve taken away.
“The fortune of this celebration can’t be simply left within the palms of our adversaries, so that you (the nationwide authorized adviser) will take authorized motion to retrieve these mandates.
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“We’ve simply instructed the zonal caretaker committee to supervise the celebration in Delta, after dissolving all of the buildings which have already been there because the majority of them have shifted.”
The NWC additionally ratified suggestions from the PDP Governors’ Discussion board and introduced that the following Nationwide Govt Committee (NEC) assembly will maintain on Could 28, whereas its nationwide conference is scheduled for August 28 to 30, 2025.
The mass defection that triggered the PDP’s newest response occurred on April 23, when Governor Oborevwori, his deputy Monday Onyeme, and several other political allies, together with commissioners, native authorities chairmen, and grassroots operatives, formally joined the APC.
They have been welcomed into the ruling celebration by Vice President Kashim Shettima, APC Nationwide Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, and Imo State Governor and Progressive Governors’ Discussion board Chairman Hope Uzodimma.
Additionally switching sides was former Delta governor and PDP’s 2023 vice-presidential candidate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa.
The APC described the wave of defections as a “motion,” framing it as a serious political shift that might reshape the panorama forward of the 2027 elections.
