…as APC Implodes with Defectors’ Confusion, Power Struggles
In a move that underscores rising political instability and desperation within Delta State’s opposition ranks, former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has reportedly commissioned ex-PDP Chairman, Kingsley Esiso, to salvage the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) crumbling structure across all local government areas.
This directive comes as the state battles a defection crisis threatening to erode the PDP’s traditional grassroots dominance.
According to insider sources, Okowa, alarmed by the uncertainty following a wave of defections to the All Progressives Congress (APC), has abandoned his initial plan to hand party control to Elder Emma Ogidi due to Ogidi’s diminishing political strength.
With the APC now housing both its original members and a legion of former PDP loyalists, tension over power-sharing and leadership control has reached a boiling point.
“We are reactivating our grassroots machinery immediately,” an anonymous Esiso confidant revealed.
“The party cannot afford to remain rudderless while Ibori loyalists lurk and Omo-Agege consolidates control.”
The storm brewing within APC is no less chaotic. In Ika South, Okowa’s home turf—APC Chairman Hon. Hilary Fada Ibude exposed what he called a “theatrics of loyalty,” revealing that a staggering 99.5% of new defectors have refused to formally register with the APC, rendering their allegiance meaningless.
“They made noise about joining us, but only 0.5% have taken the basic step of registration. We don’t deal with fence-sitters,” Ibude warned, insisting that commitment, not past political pedigree, would define roles within the party.
Meanwhile, the situation has spurred anxiety even among APC’s highest-ranking new entrants.
Delta State Deputy Governor, Sir Monday Onyeme, formerly of PDP, has openly pleaded for unity during a tense gathering of APC and ex-PDP power brokers in Asaba.
“Now that we are one family under APC, let us stop the internal suspicion. We must work together and discard old party sentiments,” Onyeme appealed, trying to soothe visible cracks in the coalition.
But as both camps scramble to assert dominance, the political temperature continues to rise.
With 2027 in sight and Esiso tipped for a senatorial bid, the question remains: will either party solidify its foundation, or fracture under the weight of its own contradictions?
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