Former Delta Governor, Uduaghan dumps APC, Set to rejoin PDP
Moses Oba
Reports coming in indicate that the Immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan may have decided to dump the All Progressives Congress(APC) and officially rejoin the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP).
Uduaghan was Governor of the state from 2007 to 2015 under the PDP platform and left for the APC in August 2018.
The reports say Uduaghan’s decision to return to the PDP is based on months of intense, strategic meetings and lobbying initiated by his predecessor Chief James Onanefe Ibori; his successor and incumbent, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and other leaders of the party in the state and at the national level.
Impeccable sources within the Delta State Government House also confirmed seeing the ex-governor around a couple of times meeting with Governor Okowa and other PDP power brokers in the state.
It was gathered that the misunderstandings which led to the ex-governor’s defection to the APC two years ago had all been resolved hence his readiness to return to the party.
Confirming the development, a prominent member of the PDP in the state and Uduaghan’s 2007-2015 administration said: “His Excellency, former Governor Uduaghan is joining us (PDP) soon. A big ceremony is being put in place by Governor Okowa to welcome him to the family where he rightly belongs. We are happy that our leader is coming back”, top member of the then Uduaghan’s administration confided in this reporter.