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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has expelled the deputy president of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, from the party over alleged anti-party activities and other unnamed offences.
The party announced Omo-Agege’s expulsion in a letter dated March 31, 2023, and signed on behalf of the State Executive Committee by the Chairman and Secretary, Ulebor Isaac Inana Michael respectively.
Recall that Omo-Agege was the governorship candidate of the APC in the Delta State in the March 18 election. He eventually lost to the governor-elect and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori.
Omo-Agege scored 240,229 votes to place second behind Oborevwori, who polled 360,234 votes.
The expulsion letter, also signed by 23 other executive, unanimously resolved and adopted the expulsion of Omo-Agege as a member of the party by the executive committee of the Orogun ward and Ughelli North Local Government Area.
“The State Executive Committee of all Progressive Congress, Delta State, in a meeting held on the 31st March, 2023 at the State Secretariat, Asaba, after due deliberation of the Notice of Resolution of Expulsion of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege as a member of the party by the executive committee of the Orogun ward and Ughelli North Local Government chapter dated 20th March, 2023.
“And in accordance to the provision of Article 21.2 (1)(II)(VII) 21.3 and 21.5(g) of the constitution 2022 (as amended), we unanimously resolved and adopted the expulsion of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege as a member of the party.
“Consequently Senator Ovie Omo-Agege hereby stands expelled as a member of the party with immediate effect for various offences committed and acts of anti-party activities and gross misconduct that has brought shame and ridicule to the image of the party in the state which affected the party in the just concluded elections,” the statement read.
The deputy senate president was also accused by a chieftain of the party of not working hard in the state to garner votes for the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the presidenrial election, but for himself.