A frontline leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta state, Chief Emmanuel Afam Eboh, says the endorsement of Senator Ned Nwoko ahead of the 2027 polls by Delta North APC stakeholders remains valid and irrevocable.
Reacting to the criticism of Nwoko’s endorsement by an APC local government party chairman, Mr. Norbert Akachukwu Sochukwudinma, who appeared in a recent TVC interview, Chief Eboh said the objection was of no effect.
It would be recalled that thousands of APC leaders and members from across the nine local government areas of Delta North had at an enlarged meeting held on the 14th of June 2025, at Idumuje Ugboko, passed a vote of confidence in President Bola Tinubu, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and Senator Ned Nwoko, pledging support for their reelection in 2027.
Speaking with journalists at Abuja, Chief Eboh said the mass endorsement by critical stakeholders in Delta North APC, rendered a lone voice insignificant.
According to the APC stalwart, Sochukwudinma lacked the authority to speak on party issues at the senatorial level and described his views as an exercise in futility.
“The 14th June 2025 Delta North APC stakeholders’ meeting was constitutionally convened by Delta North party chairman, Chief Eluaka Adizua, with the state chairman, Chief Omeni Sobotie, in attendance. The endorsement of President Tinubu, Governor Oborevwori and Senator Nwoko was proper and unanimous.
“Sochukwudinma even attended the meeting and never raised a whisper against the proceedings. His public statements after the meeting and recent media interview are just unrealistic and mischievous.
His needless criticisms of a crucial meeting he voluntarily witnessed are laughable. I believe he made the appearance on national television to seek unnecessary attention. His crave for political relevance won’t take him anywhere. He cannot run away from the truth.
“I watched the young man. He sounded desperate. Quite reckless in character assassination. Let him not use Ned to gain political appointment from the state government. He cannot go between the good relationship between Ned and the Sheriff.
“Let me say rather curiously that Sochukwudinma was here in Abuja last week to see Ned. He said he came to pay loyalty to the Senator.
“But in his unguarded remarks in the media, he spoke carelessly in a manner that betrayed lack of commitment to a party he claims to belong. What are his contributions to the growth of APC? Who made him a leader in Delta North APC?.
“Can he compare his contributions if any to the sacrifice of Ned he made weak attempts to disparage on TV? What the senator had done in the past six months, building the APC as the party to identify with in Delta and national level, he cannot achieve it in 20 years.
“Sochukwudinma cannot feign ignorance of Nwoko’s strength and popularity. He is an asset to ensuring the success of the Renewed Hope for MORE Agenda. As an elder, I advise him and some few others with him, to retrace their footsteps and join the Senator in the march for greater APC and progress of Delta North.”
