Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo (SAN), Elder Omeni Sobotie, Delta APC Chairman Francis Waive, Hon. Stella Okotete and other critical stakeholders of the party were among the leaders of the party that received Olorogun Great Ovedje Ogboru back to the APC in Delta State.
Speaking at the ceremony held at the Ughelli Kingdom Hall on Sunday, March 9, 2025, Keyamo described Ogboru as a real grassroots mobiliser with huge followers, noting that his return to the party is a significant step towards strengthening the party in the state.
“Chief Great Ogboru is a mobilizer and the people general. When the People Democratic Party PDP was very strong in Delta State, Chief Great Ogboru was able to win 12 Local Government Areas and 9 House of Assemblies seats. That tells you who he is and the experience he has in politics,” he said.
Keyamo, who was so excited, noted that the College of leaders of the party in the state are working seriously to reconcile all members, adding that no one person is a sole leader, but all of them are leaders in various capacities and areas.
“If you say the college of leaders is unconstitutional, or not in the party constitution, then where is it written that there should be a sole leader in the party,” Keyamo asked?
Continuing, Keyamo reassured the party faithful of the preparedness of President Tinubu to stand by the party in the state and to support the party.
“Two weeks ago, members of the College of leaders of the party met with the President at the Villa in Abuja, and he expressed his overwhelming support, especially on the reconciliation move being done by us, and he assured us of his support to the state APC.”
He called on party faithful to go out and sensitise those who are yet to understand that only one man cannot be the sole leader of a party in the state so that they could come out of their slavery.
“We will not succumb to the tricks of a betrayal again, and with the return of Chief Great Ogboru, the ranks of the opposition in the state are swelling.”
The event, which attracted thousands of APC faithful and lovers of Chief Great Ogboru, also featured different goodwill messages from top APC members in the state.
In his goodwill message, Senator Ede Dafinone representing Delta Central Senatorial District and represented by Chief Abel Idigu said: ” I am delighted to welcome Chief Great Ogboru and his teeming supporters back to the APC as he has long been a voice of the opposition in the state, and called on party faithful to accord him all his respects.
On her part, Executive Director of Nexim Bank and former National Women Leader of the APC, Hon. Stella Okotete, expressed her joy and happiness in welcoming back a man he described as a trailblazer.
“Our father and brother did not leave the party but only walked out of it as a result of the betrayal by one man who worked against the party in 2019. We are happy that he is back, and this has made the APC stronger in the state.”
While thanking all party faithful, Ogboru who was accompanied by his wife and other supporters, appreciated the leadership prowess of the Minister and Okotete for ensuring that all aggrieved members of the party are reconciled.
He thanked the state party chairman, Chief Omeni Sobotie for his dogged efforts in ensuring that the APC in Delta State is stronger.
