The immediate Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has revealed why he defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
According to Okowa, he was motivated by the desire to connect the state to the seat of power in Abuja.
Last week, Okowa, his predecessor, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and his cabinet members dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC.
The move unsettled the PDP’s national leadership as the opposition party lost one of the oil-rich states it’s been governing since 1999 to the ruling APC.
Explaining why they dumped the PDP, Okowa while speaking at the APC welcome ceremony for the defectors on Monday, said the defection was in the best interest of Delta State.
Okowa, who was the PDP Vice Presidential candidate in the 2023 election, said the defection was necessary to connect the state to the goodwill and resources in the Federal Capital Territory.
He said, “When the news broke on Wednesday that we had decided to change our path, people wondered why, but one thing is very important in a people’s history: there is always a time to change their path for the common good of the people.
“As I did tell people that day, it was not about me, it was not about the governor, but the fact that there is a need for us to connect to Abuja, that goodwill that is in Abuja, that resource that’s in Abuja of which Delta State is a large contributor, there was a need to connect to it.”
