A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. John Agoda, has dismissed Senator Ovie Omo-Agege\u2019s reported ambition to contest the 2027 governorship election in Delta State, insisting that \u201cDelta APC has moved on with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as leader and sole candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n
In an interview with The Nation, Agoda declared: \u201cOmo-Agege should have the decency to realize by now that his 2027 ambition is dead and buried. He can shout, he can posture and his supporters can spin, but Delta APC has moved on with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as our sole candidate for 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ex-lawmaker, who represented Ethiope Federal Constituency, accused the former Deputy Senate President of \u201cliving in self-denial\u201d and recycling a \u201cfailed project.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, Omo-Agege\u2019s loss in 2023 was a clear rejection by Deltans. \u201cIf you are rejected once, you don\u2019t force yourself down people\u2019s throats. Delta is not anybody\u2019s inheritance, and he should not see the office of governor as his birthright,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Agoda stressed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta had united behind Governor Oborevwori following his defection to the party, adding that Vice President Kashim Shettima had already affirmed him as leader of the APC in the state. \u201cLeadership is not grabbed; it is bestowed. And it has been bestowed on Oborevwori,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
On Omo-Agege\u2019s claims of grassroots appeal, Agoda dismissed them as \u201claughable.\u201d He argued that real grassroots support belonged to Oborevwori, who, he said, had been embraced across the three senatorial districts. \u201cIf Omo-Agege truly had grassroots appeal, why did he lose so clearly in 2023 despite boasting of federal might?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
The former federal lawmaker also accused Omo-Agege of mismanaging campaign funds during the 2023 elections and undermining fellow APC candidates. \u201cInstead of strengthening the party, those<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. John Agoda, has dismissed Senator Ovie Omo-Agege\u2019s reported ambition to contest the 2027 governorship election in Delta State, insisting that \u201cDelta APC has moved on with Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as leader and sole candidate.\u201d In an interview with The Nation, Agoda declared: \u201cOmo-Agege should have the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[99,101,100],"class_list":["post-834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-agoda","tag-delta-state","tag-omoagege"],"yoast_head":"\n