The All Progressive Congress in Ika federal constituency of Delta state is now in disarray as members on Tuesday gave a 7 day ultimatum to the Deputy Senate president, Ovie Omo Agege, to return all the wards he allegedly hijacked during the last congresses.
The aggrieved members at an enlarged meeting held in Boji Boji Owa in Ika north east council area of the state pulled down the party’s flag as a a way of expressing their anger, threatening that the ship of the party in the area would wreck should a thorough reconciliation of the executives not be carried out.
The party faithful in a voice vote also urged the college of leaders in the state to within seven days meet with the national executive of the party to address the lingering issues where some members are treated unfairly.
The leaders include minister of state for labor and productivity, Chief Festus Keyamo, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, Chief Great Ogboru, Rt Hon Victor Ochie, Dr Mariam Ali, Dr Alex Ideh and a host of others.
Recall that two parallel state, local and ward executives were produced during the last congresses of the party in the state.
Addressing the meeting , the Delta north senatorial chairman of the party, Barrister Ifeanyi William Aghaulor appealed to the APC loyalists to be calm and remain resolute as nobody can be manipulated or election rigged any more under the new electoral act.
According to him, the state could not afford to miss out and allow PDP to take over the state again because of the attitude of the Senate president in handling the affairs of the party in the state.
He said two critical issues are on the ground for the Senator Abdullahi led national executive to address in the state .
“Two issues are on ground here, one DSP Omo Agege single handedly hijacked all the structures in the state from ward to national level.
” Alot of persons want to run for the election and if the structure is with Omo Agege , can you defeat him, whoever he likes he will give it and politics is not played like that. Politic is a game of number, the people you see here are no borrowed”
Also speaking, the chairmen of the party in Ika north east and Ika south Mr Sunny Onyejose and Ehima Williams Eluma respectively regretted the maltreatment they are getting from the leaders.
” We all fought for the party from the beginning but today, the house we all built, they are pushing us out.
“We have people who want to contest election on 2023, but there is no room for them to do so again.”
Most people who spoke at the meeting accused the Deputy Senate president of using the fortune of the party to favor people from Delta central to the detriment of others especially from Delta north.
