By Ovie Okpare
Ahead of tomorrow’s make-or-break stakeholders meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, the party leadership has announced restrictions on the use of mobile phones during the much-anticipated meeting.
The meeting is slated for Sunday, October 12, 2025, at the Banquet Hall of the Delta State Government House, Asaba.
The party cited security reasons for the restriction on the use of mobile phones during the meeting, a statement issued by the State Publicity Secretary, Valentine Onojeghuo, Esq., said on Saturday evening.
“Important Security Notice: All invited guests are required to leave their mobile phones in their vehicles before proceeding for accreditation. This directive is strictly for security purposes and must be complied with,” the statement read.
The meeting is the first enlarged stakeholders meeting of the APC since the state governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, and all structures of the state PDP joined the APC some months ago.
Onojeghuo, in the statement, also disclosed that the invited leaders for the meeting would be screened and accredited at the gate of the Government House before being conveyed to the meeting venue by bus.
The statement read, “Please be informed that accreditation for all invited leaders will take place at the Third Gate of Government House, Asaba.
“Upon successful accreditation, leaders will be conveyed in buses to the Government House Banquet Hall, which is the venue for the Stakeholders Meeting.”
There had been a cold war between supporters of the former Deputy President of the Nigerian 9th Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, and Governor Oborevwori over fear that the former 2023 governorship candidate of the party is nursing the same ambition in 2027.
Already, some APC local government chairmen and exco members, including those of the Ughelli North and Ethiope West local government areas, had been suspended by supporters of the governor and the Elder Omeni Sobotie-led state working committee.
The meeting is expected to be attended by Governor Oborevwori, who is the current leader of the party in the state.
Others already in Asaba for the meeting are: the immediate past governor of Delta, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa; founding leader of Delta APC, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor; Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Olorogun Festus Keyamo SAN; Senator Ede Dafinone; Senator Joel Onowakpo-Thomas; Senator Ned Nwoko; Hon. Francis Waive and Executive Director, NEXIM Bank; Hon. Stella Okotete.
