Breaking: PDP Moves to Court Over Oborevwori, Okowa’s Defection

When Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, former Vice-Presidential candidate Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, and the entire PDP structure in Delta State defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the PDP leadership ordered its Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade to quickly prepare legal procedures to contest their defection.
On April 23, 2025, Governor Oborevwori, Okowa, and other influential members of the PDP’s Delta State chapter reportedly defected from the opposition party and vowed to back the APC, causing a significant change in political allegiance that led to the directive.
Since these politicians were first elected on the PDP platform, the national leadership of the party has pledged to regain its mandate through legal means.

The party’s determination to contest the defection in court was reaffirmed by Acting National Chairman Amb Umar Damagum following the first National Working Committee (NWC) meeting of the year.
“We are willing to pursue legal action in order to recover our property. “Justice will be served, and these people were elected on our platform,” Damagum declared.

According to him, the PDP has already given the duty of assuming Delta State’s leadership structure to Emma Ogidi, the Caretaker Chairman for the South-South zone.

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Additionally, Ogidi will look for new party leaders, ignoring the current leadership under Chief Dan Orbih, whose authority has now been eclipsed by the defection.

Deputy Governor Monday Onyeme, state commissioners, local government chairmen, and grassroots machinery are among the prominent PDP individuals who have defected to the APC following a closed-door meeting in Asaba.

Known as the “Hurricane Tinubu,” this political realignment has rocked the PDP’s long-standing position in Delta State, one of its strongholds.

Opposition leaders are worried that this action could be a symptom of a hazardous trend toward a one-party state, which would undermine democracy.

To address the consequences of the defections and decide on the party’s next course of action in upholding its mandate, the PDP has set May 27, 2025, as the date of its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.