Delta APC Produces Omo-Agege, Emerhor In Two Separate Primaries In Delta

All Progressives Congress (APC), in Delta State, have produced incumbent Senator, Obaisi Ovie Omo-Agege and ousted leader of the party, Olorogun Otega Emerhor in two different senatorial primaries held in the state.

While the Prophet Jones Erue led State Executive Committee faction which slammed Emerhor with expulsion, produced Omo-Agege, the Chief Cyril Ogodo led executive have Emerhor as a candidate of the party.

BigPen Online reports that both Omo-Agege and Emerhor have been on each other jugular over who controls the party structure in the state.

Declaring Emerhor winner, the Returning Officer, Solomon Igbiaye who conducted the primary for the Ogodo-led faction, said Emerhor polled 2, 492 to beat his arch-rival, Senator Omo-Agege who scored a paltry 4 votes out of a total of 2,509 accredited votes with 13 votes declared as void.

In his acceptance speech, Emerhor who expressed confidence that the courts would uphold the Ogodo led executive, said: “As you all know, the Exco that voted here today, was duly inaugurated by the last National Executive.

”I believe the court would ensure that this Exco is upheld along with my candidacy. But unfortunately, another parallel primary is being held by some illegal delegates outside this place.”

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In the same vien, Senator Ovie Obairisi Omo Agege has been declared winner in a peaceful and credible APC Delta central senatorial primary held at Udu, Udu LGA of the state.

Announcing the results, APC Electoral Committee returning officer, General Lawrence Onoja (retd), said senator Omo Agege polled 2, 360 votes out of total of 2, 414 accredited voters, while 54 votes were declared invalid.

In his speech, an elated Senator Ovie Omo Agege expressed gratitude to God and to the delegates for reposing confidence in his ability for quality and robust representation at the senate.

He pledged to he join the Delta  state APC governorship candidate, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru to deliver Delta State for President Muhammadu Buhari and APC in 2019, adding that the 2019 presidential election, Buhari will get remarkable votes unlike the 2015 where Delta APC got only 25% votes for Mr. President.

Senator Ovie Agege also promised to continue to sponsor people-oriented bills and attract development to the Urhobo nation, if voted again in 2019.

‘‘That same Osun governorship election format where elections were free, fair and credible would be conducted by the National Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Delta state in 2019. Nobody has any room to rig election or snatch ballot materials at polling booths’’, he assured.

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