Asaba, Delta state – Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said the ruling party would work with Senator Ned Nwoko and other stakeholders to take over Delta in 2027.
Recall that Nwoko recently left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC.
The Punch on Thursday, February 6, quoted Ganduje as saying:
“If you want Nigeria to progress, there is no doubt you have to undertake such reforms. But we have started seeing the outcome of such reforms. Oil production increased, and refineries are working. Security is improving and the country is working.
“We know our chapter in Delta will also implement internal democracy. We, therefore, request you, the stakeholders, to come together to cooperate. We had two out of three senators before and now have the entire three in Delta. As we promised, we will take over Delta state.”
Furthermore, Ganduje stated that the country under President Bola Tinubu was working because his economic policies were purportedly beginning to yield positive results.
The APC helsman added:
“We know funding, organisation and commitment is not a problem. What we are looking forward to is a highly organised party structure in Delta, a structure which compose of men and women, especially young men, who will go from house to house to show that APC dominates almost everywhere.”
Nwoko in bullish ahead of 2027 election
On his part, Senator Nwoko said that his mission was to join forces with other APC Delta stakeholders to ensure that the party took over the state in 2027, Guardian newspaper noted.
The senator explained that he left the PDP for APC because he was not allowed to serve the people of his constituents.
Ganduje’s wish, a herculean task
Since Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999, Delta state has been governed by PDP administrations.
While Ganduje’s wish is doable, especially considering the APC is making inroads into the south-south and south-east geopolitical zones, the party must at least replicate the template it deployed to win Edo state in September 2024.
Ganduje vows APC will capture Oyo and Osun
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the APC will try its best to capture all southwest states.
Speaking to the press after the APC’s triumph in Ondo, the former governor of Kano state, disclosed that his party will try to win Osun state in 2026, and Oyo in 2027.
Gamduje said APC leaders will do all that is possible to bring Oyo and Osun states into the fold “so that we would have a political homogeneity in the southwest geopolitical zone.”N
