All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains in the three senate districts of Delta State have alleged that Ovie Omo-Agege backed Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) during the 2023 presidential election.
The APC leaders in a statement obtained by newsmen claimed that Omo-Agege worked against President Bola Tinubu who was the party’s presidential candidate in the last election.
In the statement released on Wednesday, Delta North President Tom Onah; Nelson Ogharama, president of Delta South; Michael Orunefe, president of Delta Central; and Michael Inana, secretary of Delta APC revealed that the Former Vice-president of the Senate allied with LP’s candidate in the February 25 election.
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While Obi won the South-South State election, Omo-Agege lost the gubernatorial election to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
They also stated funds for the APC’s presidential campaign in the state did not come until after the election.
The statement read:
“Omo-Agege, Peter Obi and the Obedient movement went into alliance to support Peter Obi for the presidential election and support Omo-Agege for the governorship.
“There were billboards and banners of him and the Labour Party candidate all over the state.
“One such was the Kwele-Asaba road, with the pictures of Obi/Datti for president, Omo-Agege/Osenabi for governor and deputy governor.
“The funds meant to prosecute the presidential election were not distributed until after the elections.
“The few persons who received money were instructed to keep the money for the governorship elections. Again, we are challenging Omo-Agege to show proof of money distributed to party leaders before the presidential elections.”
They claimed that Cairo Ojougboh, who was a member of the APC’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), had been attacked for refusing to cooperate with Omo-Agege.
