Ogboru, Keyamo Issues Surface As Omo-Agege Cements Peace With Emerhor

Echoes of the leadership tussle in the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC resonated on Sunday when Senator Ovie Omo-Agege visited the founding leader of the party in the state, Olorogun O`tega Emerhor in his country home in Ughelli.

As Emerhor embraced Omo-Agege as the new leader of the party in the state, he, however, told him that he must bring in other leaders including Chief Great Ogboru and Mr. Festus Keyamo who have either quietly or openly questioned Omo-Agege’s leadership.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that Sunday’s visit apparently cemented the peace building process that had been championed by Omo-Agege during visits to Emerhor in Abuja. However, Ogboru and Keyamo who reportedly have eyes on the 2023 governorship ticket are alleged to have tendencies behind them that do not give approval to Omo-Agege’s status as party leader.

Omo-Agege, was accompanied to Emerhor by leading party stakeholders including the member representing Ughelli North/ Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency, Revd Francis Waive.

The deputy president of the Senate, did not make any pretence on stopping the dominance of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP over the state in the 2023 elections.

“As both of us we say, Delta State is deripe for the taking. We have also said that can only happen if all of us are on the same page. Come to think of it, what are we fighting for? At the end of the day, we are brothers first before we became members of APC. Party will come and go but the Urhobo people will remain Urhobo. Delta State will remain Delta State.

“As from today, we should all know that we are one. The party is not just about Olorogun Emerhor and myself, we still have other leaders,” Omo-Agege said.

“In politics, we drag who gets what, but while doing that, we must do it with civility. We must do it with humanity. We must not play it in a way that it becomes almost impossible to reconcile yourselves at the end of the exercise.

“That was what we went through in 2019. That’s why you see a very poor result. We will reach out to others. We will try and bring everyone on board. We respect everyone. We respect every leader of the party in the state. All we want is that Delta State is delivered to APC. Let’s reach out to other leaders of the party and those who align and support them and their aspirations. I will work with everyone to ensure that APC wins future elections in the state through unity”.

Speaking in the same vein, Emerhor, who was the 2015 governorship candidate of the party in the State and party leader until the pair of Ogboru and Omo-Agege vanquished him in the pre-2019 internal battles said that it is generally recognized that Omo-Agege has emerged as the party leader in the state.

Noting the task before the DSP, he said:

“Leadership comes with responsibilities and challenges. When you are king, you must bring your people together, and that is my challenge to our leader, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. You must do more, you must not give up. You must reach out to the other leaders, Chief Great Ogboru,  Festus Keyamo and others and bring everyone together. In that quest, I will continue to support you to ensure that all the leaders of the party come together,” Emerhor said.

“Also being the State Leader does not translate to Sole Administrator. It will behove the Leader to consult and listen and work with all of us the other leaders.

“The era where two leaders will gang up against others and create faction in Delta APC is over. Let it be known that I am not ganging up with the Senator, but supporting him to ensure that peace and unity reign in Delta APC”.

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