{"id":172541,"date":"2025-08-05T20:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T19:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/delta-apc-leaders-clash-over-ban-on-tinubu-walk"},"modified":"2025-08-05T21:58:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T20:58:55","slug":"delta-apc-leaders-clash-over-ban-on-tinubu-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/delta-apc-leaders-clash-over-ban-on-tinubu-walk","title":{"rendered":"Delta APC Leaders Clash Over Ban on Tinubu Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, is facing another round of crisis among its leaders over a planned solidarity walk in support of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s second-term ambition<\/p>\n

Some leaders of the party are accusing the state party chairman, Elder Omeni Sobotie, for halting the rally.<\/p>\n

The rally, organized by grassroots loyalists of the party under the leadership of Chief Emmanuel Adigwe, was billed as a show of unity and support for Tinubu ahead of the 2027 polls but the the state party leadership issued a strongly worded statement disowning the event and threatening disciplinary action against its organizers.<\/p>\n

A statement signed by the APC Publicity Secretary, Valentine Onojeghuo, dated August 4th 2025, described the planned rally as \u201cunauthorized and unsanctioned\u201d, warning that any further action by the organizers would be met with strict party sanctions.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo individual or group has the right to organize or brand any activity as an official APC event without express approval from the party leadership. Any deviation will be interpreted as defiance and met with swift consequences,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

But the rally organizers are accusing Sobotie of deliberately sabotaging the President\u2019s political base in Delta.<\/p>\n

One of the leaders, Chuks Erhire faulted the chairman\u2019s action as \u201ca calculated attempt to undermine Tinubu\u2019s growing popularity\u201d and alleged that Sobotie is working for opposition interests within the Atiku Abubakar-led African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n

He also called on the APC National Working Committee to urgently investigate Sobotie\u2019s alleged activities, which he claimed were not only divisive but also designed to weaken Tinubu\u2019s chances in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cSobotie is a mole. He has done nothing to build the APC in Delta state, yet he wants to stop genuine supporters from showing solidarity with our President. We see through his schemes, and we will not be intimidated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erhire maintained that the solidarity walk will proceed as planned, warning that loyal APC foot soldiers would not be silenced by \u201canti-Tinubu elements hiding in the party\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe walk will hold, whether the devil likes it or not. We cannot allow ADC-style sabotage to cripple our efforts to reposition APC in Delta,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Delta State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, is facing another round of crisis among its leaders over a planned solidarity walk in support of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s second-term ambition Some leaders of the party are accusing the state party chairman, Elder Omeni Sobotie, for halting the rally. 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