Senator Ovie Omo-Agege is a key member of the All Progressive Congress, APC and he is the authentic nominee of APC for the Delta Central Senatorial District in next year’s election, Chidi Okonji Secretary, APC Delta said in statement Thursday.
According to Okonji, he(Omo-Agege)won the primary conducted on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018 by the Primary Election Panel of APC led by General Lawrence Onoja from Benue State in a landslide.
The Secretary, APC Delta State said this clarification became necessary due to the fake news circulating in the media that the Senator who is the only elected member of APC in Delta State has been suspended by the” illegal State Working Committee” led by Chief Cyril Ogodo on Wednesday, October 3, 2018.
According to the statement “This same illegal Delta APC State Working Committee that claim to have suspended Omo-Agege also organized an alternative Delta Central senatorial primary in Ughelli on Tuesday, 2nd, Octibet that returned Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, who is no longer in our party, as the winner of the APC Delta Central Senatorial primary.
“Mr. Solomon Igbiaye who acted as the Returning Officer of the alternative primary is a member of APC from Warri North Local Government Area. He was not authorized by the National Working Committee or any organ of our party to perormed such function.
“You will recall that Ogodo and five other members of his illegal State Working Committee were expelled from the party last week for anti- party activities and impersonation of party officials. And such have no powers to suspend any member of our party.
“Members of the party, supporters of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and the general public should therefore disregard the purported suspension of the Distinguished Senator of Federal Republic of Nigeria and the alleged nomination of Olorogun O’tega Emerhor as the senatorial candidate for Delta Central District” the statement said.
