At any moment, Ned Nwoko, the Senator representing Delta North senatorial district will defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He was elected to the Senate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election.
According to Premium Times, Nwoko has concluded his defection decision and there is no going back on it.
With his looming defection, the APC will have all three senators in the state in its fold as the senators representing Delta Central and Delta South senatorial districts won their seats on the platform of APC in the 2023 elections.
One concrete reason to adduce for the senator’s decision is that Nwoko’s relationship with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and the governor’s godfather/predecessor, Ifeanyi Okowa has not been cordial of late.
This has to do with alleged marginalisation of Nwoko and his constituency by the governor who prefers, instead to focus attention on the interests of his godfather, Okowa.
Incidentally, both former Governor Okowa and Nwoko hail from Delta North.
It is an open secret that Okowa, a defeated PDP vice presidential candidate in the 2023 election is eyeing the Delta North senatorial seat, currently occupied by Nwoko in the coming 2027 election.
To political watchers, this development, it is believed could have forced Nwoko to defect to APC, where he is sure to be strengthened by the the ruling party’s might and influence.
