APC Gives New Directive On Omo-Agege’s Suspension

The All Progressives Congress, APC has refuted reports of the suspension of the its governorship candidate in Delta state, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from the party.

The National Publicity Secretary of APC, Felix Morka, who spoke to Vanguard, said the APC national does not recognize the factional executive of the party, who announced the purported expulsion of Omo-Agege from the APC in Delta state.

A national daily had on Monday, had reported online, that the APC in Delta state has expelled the Deputy President of the Senate from being a member of the APC for alleged for anti-party activities and other unnamed offences.

It claimed in the report that the Delta APC announced Omo-Agage’s expulsion in a letter dated March 31, 2023.

According to the report, the expulsion letter signed by the Chairman, Ulebor Isaac, on behalf of the State Executive Committee of the Delta APC  and Secretary, Inana Michael, and 23 others, 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 chapter.

The letter of the suspension of Omo-Agege by the Delta APC reads, “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.

The letter further reads, “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.”

Recall Omo-Agege lost to the Governor-elect a candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sheriff Oborevwori in the March 18th government election in Delta.

Omo-Agege who scored 240,229 votes was 120,005 votes behind his contender and the returned Governor-elect of the PDP, Oborevwori who scored 360,234 votes.

Source: Vanguard

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