By Jay pound
On Monday, August 25, some political disciples of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the former leader of the All Progressives Congress APC, in Delta State, held a solidarity walk to drum up support for him and President Bola Tinubu, in defiance of an earlier directive by the party leadership in the state.
The march seemed fast-tracked to drive home the point that Omo-Agege, aformer Deputy Senate President (DSP), will not concede the2027 gubernatorial ticket to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, after an APC leader in the state, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, ignited what many consider apolitical bombshell about a fortnight ago.
They organized the power show at Kwale, the headquarters of the Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, the locality of Mr. Monday Onyeme, the state’s deputy governor.
Nwaoboshi, a former chairman of the Senate Committee on the Niger Delta and a political associate of Omo-Agege, unpredictably revealed about a fortnight ago that he had already counselled the ex-DSP not to challenge Oborevwori, the new leader of the party in the state, for the APC 2027 gubernatorial ticket.
The top-ranking APC leader stated that an ex-governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, who is regarded as Omo-Agege’s political mentor, was present when he advised the ex-DSP.
Instead of being described as someone involved in a losing feud, Senator Nwaoboshi would prefer Omo-Agege to calm down and let the governor treat him with the respect and admiration he merits as a distinguished party leader.
But hardly 24 hours after the Nwaoboshi’s bolt from the blue, Omo-Agege retorted, but circuitously. He pontificated through Chuks Erhihe, his senior special assistant (SSA) and executive director of the Niger Delta Basin Development Authority.
The assistant took Nwaoboshi to the cleaners.
He stated, “This is for the perusal of all Deltans, concerning the fake news from Sheriff Oborevwori’s media aides, stating that Senator Peter Nwaoboshi has admonished and convinced Senator Ovie Omo-Agege not to contest the governorship election against Sheriff Oborevwori in 2027.
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