Drama As Multi – Time Guber Hopeful, Ogboru, Allegedly Set To Dump APC For ADC
The polity in Delta State is in for interesting times, following the reported imminent defection of multiple gubernatorial hopeful, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru.
Ogboru, who has vied for the plum office of the state governor multiple times, is one of Delta state’s most prominent political figures.
He is at the cusp of officially defected to the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
His imminent defection was formally confirmed on Friday, July 18, 2025, by the Delta State Chairman of the party, Engr. Austine Okolie, who welcomed Ogboru into the ADC fold.
No official responses have been publicly put out as the reason for the defection by either Chief Ogboru himself or his new party of interest, the ADC.
However, some political observers have described Ogboru’s imminent defection as another attempt to allegedly capture the structure of the ADC in Delta State , ahead of other politicians who might be nursing the same aspiration.
Though the political situation in the state remained relatively calm after the collapse of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state into the APC, there have been media speculations that some interests in the state, including the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Ono Agege, may be eyeing either the ADC or the PDP.
Omo Agege himself has refrained from public comments on the matter, but a chieftain of the state PDP and former Commissioner for Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, had publicly invited him over to the PDP.
A politician alleged that Ogboru’s imminent defection was orchestrated by political interests who mistakenly believed that Senator Ovie Omo-Agege would defect to the ADC.
According to him, “They planted him ( Ogboru) there, thinking Senator Omo-Agege would join the party. But their plot has failed, God has disappointed them,” another party source remarked.
This dramatic move comes just months after Ogboru’s highly publicized defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC), a party he once vehemently opposed.
His alleged imminent shift to the ADC is raising questions about his political motives and long-term strategy.
The ADC, traditionally a fringe party in Delta, now seems to be positioning itself as a possible third force in the 2027 elections.
As the 2027 general elections inch closer, Delta’s political turf is heating up, while new alignments are being formed
The State Chairman of ADC, Engr. Okolie, has confirmed the imminent defection move.
Speaking in an exclusive interview in a phone conversation, the Chairman of ADC said: “Yes. That was yesterday; he has shown interest to join the party.
“But he will come down to the Secretariat at Asaba to come and declare openly.
“He only indicated interest to join the party. So, we are waiting for his formal and open declaration”.
