The Delta State Governor, Sheriff Obovrewori, who recently decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has promised to get 1.4 million votes for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election.
Penpushing reports that announced this through a press statement from the press unit of his office boasting that the votes would change the fortune of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-south region.
“With Oborevwori now in APC colours, the South‑South’s political map tightens as the new alignment enhances President Bola Tinubu’s re‑election calculus by adding roughly 1.4 million Delta votes to the ruling party’, the statement said
The governor moved to the APC with his deputy, Monday Onyeme, his immediate predecessor and the PDP 2023 vice presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa, and the entire PDP structures in the state.
Penpushing further reports that political observers, however, see Oborevwori’s vote target as illusory because of the volume of votes available in the state, voter turnout and traditional voting patterns, and other factors.
The record, however, has it that for the 2023 General Election, Delta State registered 3,227,697 voters, with 2,989,514 collecting their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCS) that enabled them to vote on election day.
Penpushing also reports that, the state, however, cast 615,341 valid votes in the Presidential election, representing only 19 per cent of the registered voters, although Oborevwori won the Governorship election with 57 per cent of the vote.
The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) secued only 26 per cent of the votes the state cast in the presidential election, despite the outgoing governor, Okowa, being on the ballot as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate.
Penpushing reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was further behind with 15 per cent of the vote, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) took the state with 56 per cent.
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