APC Loses Another Stalwart As Delta North Faces ‘Reverse’ Election Battle

Rita Enemuru, Reporting

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has been hit by yet another high-profile resignation, prompting a prominent party figure to ask: Who will stem the tide?

Dr Anthonia Ashiedu, a former Commissioner in the Delta State government and a key player in the party’s 2023 campaign machinery, has formally resigned from the APC.

The news was confirmed with visible dismay by Prof LeRoy Edozien, a respected voice within the party, who described her departure as a profound loss.

“I received the news with sadness, because I see Dr Ashiedu as an asset that any responsible and progressive leadership would cherish, respect, nurture and exalt,” Prof Edozien said in a strongly worded personal statement.

He added: “It is sad that the reality of today’s APC has forced her out of the party.”

‘A Quintessential Progressive’

Prof Edozien, writing under his well-known moniker Ubili Ka Nkwu, did not hold back in his praise for the departing stalwart.

“I hold Dr Ashiedu in the highest regard. She exemplifies the quintessential progressive,” he wrote. “A former Commissioner in Delta State government, she embodies intelligence, dignity and integrity. She worked very hard for APC in various roles, including as a Director in the Delta State 2023 Campaign Council.”

The loss of such a figure, he argued, is not an isolated incident but part of a troubling pattern.

‘Pathetic, Self-Centred Leadership’

According to Prof Edozien, the root cause of the exodus is internal dysfunction.

“Pathetic, self-centred leadership has divided Delta State APC,” he declared. “It would be interesting to see if and how it recovers from the wounds inflicted by the ‘violent takeover’.”

His analysis suggests that the party in Delta North is now heading towards a deeply fragmented future. In a striking prediction, he wrote:

“It appears that in Delta North the 2027 elections will be APC versus PDP in reverse. In other words, the former PDP members (wearing the toga of ‘new APC’) versus old APC members (flying new flags). This scenario portrays a weaker APC in Delta North, not a stronger, unified and progressive one.”

A Warning Unheeded

Prof Edozien also reminded readers of a previous warning he had issued, referring back to the moment when Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and the PDP structure defected to the APC in April 2025.

“Ubili Ka Nkwu has been going back to the brief statement he published on social media when HE Governor Oborevweri and the PDP structure defected to APC in April 2025,” he wrote. “Get hold of it, read it, and ask, ‘What If they had listened?’”

The statement ended with a poignant native phrase: “Ekwusihom weli.”

As the APC in Delta State grapples with resignations and internal fractures, Prof Edozien’s lament leaves a question hanging in the air — one that party leaders may ignore at their own peril.

Stonix News reports that the former speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, about a week ago, defected to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), leaving the APC in Delta North in cold.

His resignation followed a similar action from the immediate past Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, who left the APC in anger before picking up the Delta Central Senatorial ticket in NDC’s primaries just like Ochei did for Delta North last week.

It is not yet clear where Dr Asheidu is headed after dishing the APC she so dearly nurtured, but hijacked by vultures and vampires from the old PDP that held sway in the state since 1999.