APC congress 2021; Sobotie Emerges Chairman in Delta State.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, convened its countrywide State Congress in Delta State on Saturday in a peaceful and rancour-free atmosphere.

The officers were chosen unopposed by voice votes of the accredited delegates from the 25 local government districts, which began at 11:50 a.m.Engr Omeni Sobotie, a former Delta State Commissioner for Environment, was elected State Chairman of the party at the party’s Congress, which was held at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Asaba.

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Chief Paulinus Akpeki as Chairman of the party in Delta Central, Ogbueshi Adizue Eluaka, Chairman, Delta North, Mr Austin Orighoye, Chairman, Delta South, Mr Nick Ovuakporie, State Secretary, Mr Valentine Onojegho, State Publicity Secretary, and 30 others were elected at the congress, which was conducted by the Congress committee headed by Senator Ajibola Bashiru and observed by officials of the Independent Electoral Commission.

Addressing delegates, Bashiru stated that while the posts were unopposed, paragraph six of the congress procedures required affirmative vote, and that the peaceful conduct of the exercise portends victory for the party in the state in the upcoming 2023 elections.

The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, Olorogun O’Tega Emerhor, Chief Frank Ovie Kokori, and Revd Francis Waive, who represents the Udu/Ughelli seat in the House of Representatives, were among those present during the congress.