Omo-Agege is a drowning man, says Emerhor
By Nosa Akenzua, Asaba
Leader of the mainstream All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta state, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor has reacted to the recent interview by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, describing the embattled senator as a drowning man grabbing at straws to hang on to his political life.
He stated that Omo-Agege is the real cancer that invaded and ravaged the body politics of Delta APC and predicts that now that he has accomplished his task of destabilizing the party and making it fail in the 2019 general elections, Omo-Agege will soon head back to the PDP, his natural home.
In a statement released by Mr. Aghogho Orotomah, aide to Emerhor on media and social communications, Emerhor further asserts that Delta APC has known no peace since Omo-Agege was welcomed back to the party in 2017.
“Omo-Agege, who used the Labor Party to fight President Buhari and APC in the 2015 general elections was magnanimously admitted into APC in 2017. Upon joining the APC, he kept his group of Labor Party loyalists intact and later transformed it into the Ogboru/Agege faction of today’s Delta APC.
“Omo-Agege’s plan from day one was to ride on the back of Chief Great Ogboru to return back to the Senate. He set about this by promising to make Chief Ogboru the state governor in 2019.
“Against the run of play of equity and political reality, Omo-Agege sold this dummy to Chief Ogboru that power rotation and zoning in Delta state do not matter, that the Delta North do not deserve to complete their eight years, that without the inputs and cooperation of Delta North or South, only the Urhobos of Delta Central can make Ogboru governor of Delta state,” Emerhor alleged.
He further added that Sen Omo-Agege succeeded in turning the national leadership of the APC against the mainstream members of the party in the state, by foisting Ogboru and himself on the party, even when the party had positioned four strong Delta North candidates to challenge the incumbent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governor.
“Now the verdict of abysmal failure is out and Omo-Agege is out there shamelessly attempting to pass the buck. Omo-Agege ended up making Ogboru a laughing stock.
“Instead of making Ogboru governor, Omo-Agege actually sabotaged him after purportedly winning his senatorial bid. How else do you explain Omo-Agege pulling in over 10, 000 votes for himself from his Orogun ward 1 in the senatorial elections of February 23, yet on March 9 in the governorship election, that same ward recorded under 2, 000 votes only?” he asked.
