The All Progressives Congress in Delta State has been divided over the expulsion of the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, from the party over alleged anti-party activities.
The Ulebor Isaac-led Delta APC Executive Committee announced Omo-Agege’s expulsion in a letter dated March 31, 2023, obtained by The PUNCH on Monday.
The PUNCH had reported that Omo-Agege, the governorship candidate of the APC in the Delta State, lost to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sheriff Oborevwori, in the March 18 governorship poll.
The expulsion letter signed by Isaac said the decision was taken by the Delta APC Executive Committee at a meeting held onMarch 31, 2023 at the state secretariat in Asaba.
The letter said the executives reached the decision after deliberating on “the Notice of Resolution of Expulsion of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege,” which was submitted “by the executive committee of the Orogun ward and Ughelli North Local Government.
“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 letter read.
But in a twist, the Omeni Sobotie-led leadership of the APC in Delta State described those behind Omo-Agege’s expulsion as “rabble-rousing impostors.”
A statement jointly signed by Sobotie and state Secretary, Peter Akarogbe, said the signatories to the purported expulsion “are not only dubious impostors, but very reckless with their publication.”
The statement read partly, “We, the legitimate and only recognised State Executive Committee of the party, at the national headquarters, in consultations with all other levels in the chain, hereby disclaim the publication as fraudulent, a ruse and of no consequence.
“Therefore, it should be disregarded and ignored as the handiwork of mischief-makers by all party faithfuls and the general public.”
The letter called on the security agencies “to take note of the wanton rascality and the unscrupulous intent to cause disharmony and a breach of public peace.”
It also urged “the general public, party faithfuls and stakeholders to discountance the said publication, and view it as the worthless undertaking of men with crooked intentions.”
