Massive Defection: Ereyitomi Picks APC Membership Card In Warri South West

Member, representing Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Thomas Ereyitomi, on Tuesday, picked the membership card of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in his ward in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State.

Ereyitomi was formally registered as a member of the governing party at a ceremony attended by a large number of his constituents and followers at his Ogidigben Ward 10 in Warri South West LGA.

Ereyitomi, who is a traditional title holder in Warri Kingdom, picked the membership card with registration number 35701.

Ereyitomi joined other leaders and members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to denounce the membership of the main opposition party at an elaborate defection ceremony in Asaba, the state’s capital, on Monday.

Ereyitomi is two-term member of the House of Representatives, elected on the banner of the opposition platform.

Ereyitomi’s action on Tuesday came on the heels of the defection of the entire structures of PDP in the state into the ruling party.

As a prelude to Monday’s formal defection of all PDP’s structures into APC, the leadership held an interactive session with all stakeholders of the opposition party, where a consensus was reached to move into APC.

The state’s Governor Sheriff, had on Monday 27th April 2025 led all the PDP leaders, including his predecessor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, elected and appointed members of the party to the APC in a grand reception held at the cenotaph, Asaba, the state’s Delta State.

Oborevwori attributed the mass defection to persisting crises in PDP and the need to support the good policies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

The occasion, was graced by the national leadership of the APC including the Vice President of Nigeria, Kassim Shettima, National Chairman of APC, Dr. Abdulahi Ganduje, 16 governors, elected on the platform of the ruling party, ministers and members of the National Assembly.

Ereyitomi said he picked the APC membership card in line with the requirements of joining the party.

Ereyitomi promised to officially intimate the National Assembly of his new political status and join the APC carcus in the House at the resumption of the plenary in May.

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP has since the 2023 general election faced unending leadership crises.

This development kept the party divided and unable to carry out basic functions.