Delta is APC’s Stronghold – Omo-Agege Rejects Okowa, Oborevwori’s Defection

Ovie Omo-Agege, the former deputy president of the Senate and the APC’s candidate for governor of Delta State in the 2023 election, has vehemently denied that former governor Ifeanyi Okowa and Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori would join the APC, saying that they are not welcome in the party.
At an event held Monday in Ika South and Ika North East Local Government Areas with APC officials, elders, and interested parties, Omo-Agege said the party was in control of Delta State and was still growing.

Despite the PDP’s assertions that the APC had become irrelevant in Delta State, he pointed out that the party had won two Senate seats, two House of Representatives seats, and was expected to attract additional PDP defections.
The PDP disseminated misleading information with the assertion that the APC had vanished from Delta following the 2023 elections. But in this state, the APC took home two House of Representatives seats and two Senate seats.

Are you still claiming that we are not present when the sole PDP senator is scheduled to join the APC today? We’re the majority party, right? “What?” Omo-Agege asked.

He added that the APC had won two of the three House of Representatives seats and the Senate seat in the Delta Central Senatorial District, where he and Governor Oborevwori are from, while the Labour Party had only won one. The PDP received no votes.

“In Delta Central, the APC won five of the nine House of Assembly seats, while the PDP won four. What is the really more popular party, then? He said.

Even though Omo-Agege welcomed other PDP leaders, he rejected the idea of allowing former Governor Okowa and Governor Oborevwori to join the APC.

Except for Okowa and Oborevwori, we welcome everyone. They ought to stay with the PDP and work to restructure it.

“We will not let individuals with dubious backgrounds ruin the hard-earned success of this party, which we have constructed from the ground up.”

The former Deputy Senate President also gave APC members the assurance that any internal party issues will be settled prior to the general elections in 2027. He asserted that the opposition party would be rendered obsolete by the upcoming election cycle due to the national turmoil inside the PDP.

“We should capitalize on the PDP’s larger concerns rather than concentrating on our own internal troubles. In 2027, are we even certain that PDP will still be around? Their national situation continues to intensify.

“Our goal should be to re-elect President Bola Tinubu and win the upcoming elections.”

Noting that three PDP members of the House of Representatives and multiple members of the House of Assembly were already getting ready to defect, Omo-Agege disclosed that more PDP lawmakers were expected to join the APC.

Three senators will join us soon, and I know that three members of the PDP House of Representatives are joining the APC. We’ll also have several members of the House of Assembly.

Members of the House of Assembly were being suppressed by Governor Oborevwori’s administration, he claimed, and several of them were considering defecting.

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Delta State House Assembly members are being punished by Governor Oborevwori’s administration. As a member, you are not even allowed to talk; engaging in conversation will result in immediate suspension.

They are all coming, and we are happy to have them. Okowa and the governor sheriff are the only two others who are not welcome. They ought to stay in the PDP and develop their party.

Barr. Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary, reassured party members that the APC National Chairman and other responsible parties were dedicated to settling internal conflicts within the Delta APC chapter prior to the next elections.

Hon. Fada Ibudeh, Chief Stevenson Ikpade, Chief Sunny Chuks Obuseh, Hon. Fred Ofume, Pst. Paul Ebede, Lady Philomena Agholor, Dr. Goddy Ibeh, Dr. Chamberlain Dunkwu, Mr. Godwin Ogadi, and Barr. Eugene Uzum were among the party leaders who spoke at the event. To strengthen the APC in the run-up to 2027, they stressed the importance of true reconciliation.