Delta APC –  Emefiele Was Recruited By Omo-Agege To Scatter Tinubu Presidential Ambition

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An accusation has been raised by Delta State All Progressives Congress chapter against the former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, of being the backbone behind Godwin Emefiele, the suspended CBN governor participating in the APC presidential primary to scatter Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s ambition.

This was contained in a letter titled “Attempts by Senator Ovie Omo-Agege to scuttle presidential ambition of President Bola Tinubu through recruitment of Mr Godwin Emefiele, anti-Tinubu campaign stance and anti-party activities,”  written to President Tinubu on Monday.

The letter was signed by the state APC Secretary, Inana Michael; Delta North Chairman, Tom Onah; South Chairman, Nelson Ogharama, and Central Chairman, Michael Orunefe and was made available to a national daily.

Part of the letter read, “Your Excellency, you will recall that at a point ahead of the party’s National Convention in June 2022, members, especially those of us from Ika South Local Government Area, got information Omo-Agege had plans to issue a party membership card to the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, and we objected to his plans. We told him it was not morally right for Emefiele to contest and that it will affect your chances to secure the Presidential ticket.”

Mr Nduka Erikpume ward chairman and the Ika South APC Local Government Chairman, Hilary FadaIbude were accused of signing an expulsion letter to some of the state leaders on the instructions of Omo-Agege because they opposed recruiting Emefiele contesting against the president.

The letter also revealed that on the night of the APC convention, Omo-Agege instructed Delta delegates to vote against Tinubu.

The Delta APC leaders alleged that virtually all delegates were aware of whom Omo-Agege was supporting in the opposition Labour Party.

The Delta APC leaders went further to state  “Mr President, we enclose herewith posters and videos of Omo-Agege and Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi, posing ahead of the election to the fact that he and his group never worked for you. We cannot continue this way in Delta. We, therefore, call on you to ask Omo-Agege to free the state APC of his stranglehold so it can breathe freely.”

However when the Communications and Media Strategist for Omo-Agege Campaign Organisation, Ima Niboro was contacted, he directed newsmen to Sunny Areh the Chief Press Secretary of Omo-Agege.

Areh also declined comment on the letter saying the Chairman of Delta APC, Omeni Sobotie, would be in a better position to discuss the issue but Sobotie’d line was unreachable.

Responding to the letter the APC National Publicity Secretary, Morka said the allegations against Omo-Agege are not from the real Delta APC but from Cairo Ojuogboh-sponsored organisation.