By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Senator representing Delta North District, Ned Nwoko, has warned that dire political consequences await the All Progressive Congress, APC, should he be successfully schemed off the party primaries ahead of the 2027 polls.
The Source reports that preliminary result from the APC National Assembly primaries conducted on May 18, in the Senatorial Zone, was won by former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, a development which Nwoko has hotly disputed and dismissed as heavily manipulated.
In the result declared by the national officers, Okowa was returned as the winner having, polled 113,309 ,as against Senator Nwoko’s 2,612 votes.
At a media briefing in Abuja on Friday, May 22, 2026, by Chris Okobah, his legal representative, Senator Nwoko insisted that unless the obvious irregularities that characterized the primaries are urgently addressed ,the APC risks political backlash of monumental proportion ,and internal collapse in Delta state.
According to him, the manifestly flawed primaries in Delta state, if not properly managed by the National leadership, and President Bola Tinubu, could have far-reaching consequences on the electoral fortunes of the party in the State.
He alleged that the primaries were largely defined by manipulation, open intimidation, and gross procedural violations, a development that produced outcomes clearly in conflict with the will of party members.
While describing the primaries as “a theatre of fraud”, Nwoko maintained that available field reports ward-by-ward documentation, including reports from agents pointed to overwhelming majority support for him across the entire Senatorial District.
Further highlighting his high level of acceptability among the people, Nwoko insisted that there was no way Okowa would have defeated him in a free and fair contest.
He emphasized that the former Governor of Delta State was able to win his re-election in 2019 owing to his intervention and support.
“It was even because of Ned Nwoko that he ( Okowa) won re-election as Governor, because he came kneeling down and pleading with Ned to support him during the election.
“That was why he won his re-election bid. So, if they think they can now sideline him, I am telling you it would be a recipe for disaster for the APC in the State” Nwoko’s Counsel warned.
He, however, informed that he has decided to first explore all the available internal conflict resolution mechanisms in the party to seek redress, before heading for the courts if necessary.
“We are not going to rush to court for now. We want the party, through its internal conflict resolution mechanisms to address the issues raised.
“We will only consider the court option if the party fails to resolve the situation”, he added.
Nwoko, therefore, urged the President, as well as the national leadership of the party to act quickly, with a view to ensuring justice .
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