{"id":118019,"date":"2025-04-27T21:33:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T20:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=118019"},"modified":"2025-04-27T21:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T20:33:26","slug":"ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex&#8211; DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Former Deputy Senate President (DSP), Ovie Omo-Agege has\u00a0 welcomed Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and all leaders and members of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP)in Delta state into the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to a press statement signed by Sen. Omo-Agege, the defection of Governor Sheriff, former governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and the entire PDP family to the APC underscores the success of President Bola Tinubu&#8217;s Renewed Hope Agenda in driving growth and development in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;In line with the outcomes of deliberations with the national leadership of our party, the Progressive Governors Forum and Delta APC stakeholders, I wish to assure all stakeholders that the\u00a0 issues arising from this development are being carefully considered and managed with prudence and foresight, in the best interests of our party and our beloved state.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Let us embrace this development with unity, understanding, and a shared commitment to the progress of Delta State and Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;This is a\u00a0 renewed spirit of brotherhood in Delta APC and\u00a0 I urge all LGA and Ward Chairmen, their executives, party members, and our teeming supporters to turn out en-masse for the welcome reception of our new members into the APC on Monday, April 28, 2025 in Asaba.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;This development reaffirms our commitment to progressive governance, promising a brighter future for our people and a more prosperous, secure, and united Nigeria. Together, we will work tirelessly to achieve greatness for Delta State and Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;I also take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for his political sagacity and visionary leadership, as well as to the National Chairman and the entire National Working Committee of the APC for their unwavering support and tireless efforts. May their efforts continue to yield positive outcomes for our great party&#8221; the statement reads.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oscar Okhifo Former Deputy Senate President (DSP), Ovie Omo-Agege has\u00a0 welcomed Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and all leaders and members of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP)in Delta state into the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ex- DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex- DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Oscar Okhifo Former Deputy Senate President (DSP), Ovie Omo-Agege has\u00a0 welcomed Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and all leaders and members of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP)in Delta state into the&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-27T20:33:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20230929-210350_Quick-Grid.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"567\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Ex&#8211; DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-27T20:33:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/\"},\"wordCount\":305,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20230929-210350_Quick-Grid.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/\",\"name\":\"Ex- DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20230929-210350_Quick-Grid.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-27T20:33:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20230929-210350_Quick-Grid.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20230929-210350_Quick-Grid.webp\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":567},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ex&#8211; DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ex- DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ex- DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC - Pointblank News","og_description":"By Oscar Okhifo Former Deputy Senate President (DSP), Ovie Omo-Agege has\u00a0 welcomed Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and all leaders and members of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP)in Delta state into the&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2025-04-27T20:33:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":567,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20230929-210350_Quick-Grid.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"Ex&#8211; DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC","datePublished":"2025-04-27T20:33:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/"},"wordCount":305,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20230929-210350_Quick-Grid.webp","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/","name":"Ex- DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20230929-210350_Quick-Grid.webp","datePublished":"2025-04-27T20:33:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20230929-210350_Quick-Grid.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot_20230929-210350_Quick-Grid.webp","width":1080,"height":567},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-dsp-welcomes-gov-sheriff-others-to-apc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ex&#8211; DSP Welcomes Gov Sheriff, Others to APC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118021,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118019\/revisions\/118021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}