The allegation that Governor Sheriff Oborevwori was in bed with the All Progressives Congress that would culminate in his defection to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party has excited reaction from him by proxy.
“The rumour mills are agog with stories of your intention of cross-carpeting to the ruling party at the centre, the APC.
“You have been secretly romancing top aides to His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Top presidential aides and allies of the president are now working to facilitate a meeting between you and President Tinubu on this self-seeking agenda.
“Your ultimate goal, as pointed out by those close to you, is to obtain approval to join the APC. In this regard, we are deeply troubled by these flying and unconfirmed rumours.
“We, therefore, demand prompt clarification from you to put us in the picture.
“A delayed response could be considered as glaring evidence of your compromised position,” some PDP elders in the state under the aegis of ‘Concerned Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Delta State chapter,” had said in a statement signed by Mr. Theophilus Ekiyor, Mr. Ochuko Oghenekome and Mr Ezekiel Chukwudi.
Responding to the charge through his Chief Press Secretary, Festus Ahon, the governor said the accusation was in bad taste.
“Those people are not from the PDP. They are elements who want to heat up the polity. The governor is comfortable in his party and has no plan to defect to the APC,” Ahon said.
