In a sweeping political shakeup, Speaker of the Delta State Home of Meeting, Emomotimi Guwor, and 21 different lawmakers on Tuesday formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), signaling a dramatic shift within the state’s political panorama.
The announcement was made throughout plenary in Asaba, the place Speaker Guwor learn out 21 letters from members declaring their intention to depart the PDP. He additionally formally introduced his personal defection on the ground of the Home.
In line with Guwor, the choice was unanimous among the many defecting lawmakers, who cited deepening divisions within the PDP’s South South Zonal Government and escalating crises on the social gathering’s nationwide stage as causes for the mass exodus.
“With this growth, the Delta State Home of Meeting is now absolutely an APC Home,” the Speaker declared.
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The defection successfully palms legislative management to the APC in a state lengthy thought-about a PDP stronghold. It additionally follows earlier high-profile defections by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, compounding the PDP’s inner challenges in Delta and the broader South-South area.
Observers say the event might reshape social gathering alignments forward of future elections and coverage instructions in Delta State.
The PDP has but to concern an official response to the defection.
