President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori at the State House in Abuja, following the governor’s recent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Oborevwori arrived at the Presidential Villa at about 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday.
This marks his first official engagement with the President since leading a mass defection that has reshaped the political landscape in Delta State.
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The governor, who had been a prominent PDP figure, stunned the political scene on April 23 when he officially joined the APC alongside his predecessor and former PDP vice presidential candidate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Deputy Governor Monday Onyeme, and several cabinet members.
The switch followed a strategic meeting in Asaba and included the defection of local government chairmen and key grassroots leaders—making Oborevwori the first sitting Delta governor to exit the PDP since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999.
In the wake of the governor’s defection, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Emomotimi Guwor, and 21 lawmakers also dumped the PDP for the APC, further strengthening the ruling party’s foothold in the South-South.
Tuesday’s meeting is seen as a critical step in the APC’s broader efforts to consolidate power in the region.
Party insiders say the leadership is actively engaging other governors—Umo Eno (Akwa Ibom), Peter Mbah (Enugu), Abba Yusuf (Kano), and Siminalayi Fubara (Rivers)—as part of its ongoing political realignment strategy.
The wave of defections is reportedly fueling internal tensions within the PDP, Labour Party, and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), all of which are struggling to maintain unity amid mounting pressure from the APC’s growing influence.
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