The National Chairman of the All-Progressive Congress (APC) His Excellency, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Edo state Governor, His Excellency, Sen. Monday Okpebholo and Mr. Chiedu Ebie, Chairman, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), along with other notable political figures in Delta State, are among dignitaries expected to welcome members of the Delta Unity Group (DUG), to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
According to the statement by Jerome-Mario Utomi, Ebie’s Media Aide, the event slated for Saturday, April 12, 2025, by 10a.m, at the old Bendel Hotel, Boji Boji Owa, Agbor, Delta state, would have the National Chairman of the APC and Governor Okpebholo as a special guest of honours.
Described as a major political earthquake, the switch to the APC by members of the DUG, watchers of Delta politics posit, will significantly alter the balance of party dominance in the state as the group is majorly peopled by hardcore Peoples Democratic Party, PDP grassroots politicians who have been the life wire of the party in Delta since the return of democracy 26 years ago.
The statement stated: “The DUG defection to APC is part of honest, strategic and concerted efforts by the Patriots in Delta to rescue the state from the harrowing and inept leadership of the PDP”
The statement further recalls that “Ebie who was suspended by the PDP for a trumpet anti-party activities, and afterward, in August 2023 joined the APC, party insiders and stakeholders stress, has engraved his name in the hearts of Deltans with life-changing projects”
DUG, a pan Delta political association promoting unity and brotherliness within the political landscape of Delta State, has Ebie, a former Delta State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education and Secretary to the State Government (SSG) respectively as Co-convener.
Since 2023 when it was birthed, DUG has through persistent promotion of objective inclusivity and participatory democracy, people focussed leadership anchored on equity, justice, fairness and other collaborative efforts made great inroad in Delta state political landscape, and presently has in its kits well over 5,000 registered members in Ika Federal Constituency alone.
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