Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential candidate and Delta State Governor, has lost an aide to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
WITHIN NIGERIA has learned that Okowa’s Special Assistant on Security, Bullet Otuaro, has resigned and left the PDP.
The aide submitted his resignation to Governor Okowa in a letter dated January 17, 2023, via the Burutu Ward 10 chairman of the PDP.
In his letter of resignation, the former security aide said:
My resignation is occasioned by personal reasons. I humbly wish to chart a new course, in search for a better and more formidable political party, where I will be more appreciated.
Receiving the defectors, the deputy governorship candidate of the APC, Friday Osanebi, welcomed them into the main opposition party in the state.
An elated Otuaro, while being welcomed into the APC, said:
Now is the time for Delta youths to come together and deliver one of own as Delta’s next Deputy Governor.