The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Delta State, Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has described the All Progressives Congress-led government as “hellish” for Nigerians, saying the APC must be voted out of power in 2023.

Campaigning in some Wards in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State on Friday, Oborevwori, who is the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, said opportunities would be created for the unemployed youths if elected as governor in the 2023 general election.

He stated that the unemployment being experienced was not caused by the PDP but by the APC.

He said: “The APC has brought untold hardship to us in the last seven and half years. Things have really gone bad since APC took over power from the PDP and it is only the PDP that can repair what has been destroyed by the APC.

“PDP will take you people out of the streets and you know that this problem of unemployment everywhere is created by the APC and we must chase them away next year with our votes.

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“I will not fail with the MORE Agenda which is my social contract with Deltans. We are going to do everything possible for our victory next year. We are members of one political party and we will not miss the votes. I am here to harvest these votes and we are not going to allow internal crisis to affect us. Please, vote for all Candidates of the PDP. As far as we are concerned, there is no trouble here.

“Our youths, women, and leaders are going to be happy as I am going to continue from where our hard-working Governor is going to stop next year. Our Governor, Senator, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa who is the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has done very well in the state.”

Meanwhile, some big wigs of APC, during the Ward-to-Ward campaigns in Ughelli North and Ughelli South Local Government Areas of the state, dumped the party for the PDP.

Among those that defected were Col. Peter Onoriode (Retd), Dafe Kpemueki, Igole Ejiro, Paul Otaroghene, Francis Mukoro, Dafe Mukoro, and Kenneth Apah.

The National President of the Christian Movement for Good Governance (CMGG), Bishop Linus Okhuemoi, also dumped the Accord Party with his team to join the PDP.

The defectors said they were tired of the “misrule” of the APC, describing the party as “a drowning party whose life span will not be longer than 2023”.

The Delta State PDP Chairman, Olorogun Kingsley Esiso, and the Delta Central Chairman of the party, A. P. Fovie, who received the decampees, said they made the right decision, assuring them that they will be accorded the rights and privileges being enjoyed by members of the party.

The Star