Senator Omo-Agege
A faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) spearheaded by the embattled Senator Ovie Omo-Agege on Saturday held a parallel congress to elect the state working committee regardless of postponement of the train by the party’s National Working Committee.
The congress, which is at the moment underway on the St. Mulumba Primary/Secondary School, Okpanam, is being attended by Senator Omo-Agege who represents Delta Central on the Senate; and a four-time governorship candidate within the state, Chief Great Ogboru, in response to Saturday Punch.
It was learnt that the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, can be pitching tent with this faction of the party in what members described as “a renewed effort to wrestle the structure from the 2015 governorship candidate of the party, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor.”
The NWC had, in a letter addressed to the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission and signed by APC’s National Secretary, Mai Mama Buni, confirmed the postponement of the train until Monday.
A duplicate of the letter is dated May 18, 2018.
It reads, “We discuss with our letter reference No: APC/NHDQ/INEC/19/018/12 dated 27th April, 2018.
“We wish to advice that we have rescheduled the conduct of our state congresses in Delta State to Monday 21st May, 2018.”
It was gathered that the postponement was as a results of the interior wrangling among the many leaders of the party within the state.
A chieftain of the party and Executive Director, Business Development NEXIM Bank, Stella Okotete, who confirmed the holding of the congress, insisted that “the congress was in line with the party guideline.”
She also said that the congress was the one real one within the state.