The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Emomotimi Guwor, alongside 21 other lawmakers, formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday.
During the House plenary, Speaker Guwor announced the receipt of 21 separate letters from members expressing their intent to leave the PDP. He also submitted his own letter of defection.
“The decision was reached unanimously,” Guwor said, citing internal divisions within the South South Zonal Executive of the PDP and a growing crisis at the party’s national level.
“With this development, the Delta State House of Assembly is now fully an APC House,” he added.
The mass defection represents a seismic shift in the political structure of the state legislature and further weakens the PDP’s long-standing control in Delta State.
It also follows previous defections by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, intensifying the political shake-up in the region.
