Defection: Ogboru Debunks Rumour Of Dumping APC For NNPP With Kwakwanso

By Akinwale Kasali

The All Progressives Congress, APC, 2019 Governorship candidate in Delta State, Great Ovedje Ogboru, has debunked the rumour making the rounds that he defected, alongside former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, to the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP.

The former Labour Party Candidate in the 2015 Governorship Election said he remained a committed and astute member of the APC.

Speculations were rife that Ogboru and Kwankwaso had formed an alliance and it was agreed that both politicians will be

National Leaders of the party ahead of the 2023 General Elections.

It was also gathered that Kwankwaso is being tipped to be the Presidential Candidate of the NNPP with Ogboru as his running mate in 2023.

Ogboru has been at loggerheads with the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege over who owns the structure of the APC in the State.

The trio of Ogboru, Omo Agege and Festus Keyamo are all jostling to be the APC Candidate for the 2023 Governorship Election in the State.Omo Agege and Keyamo have an edge over Ogboru because of their position in the affairs of the ruling Party at the center. This, political observers said may have prompted the alleged the defection of Ogboru, which he has debunked.

Ogboru and Keyamo have lost the newly constituted  APC structure to Omo Agege who is the leader of the party in the South-South.

Reacting to his rumoured defection, the Chairman of Fiogret, a Private Fishing Company, said; “I’m still a member of APC”.

He added, “It’s rumour. I’m still in APC. If I am leaving APC, I will make it public. I’m still an authentic APC member. Just forget the rumour.”