Agege’s Expulsion: Publication Fraudulent, A Ruse And Of No Consequence –Delta APC

By Daniel Dafe

The Delta State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to a publication making the rounds in both the traditional and social media that said that the Deputy Senate President and governorship candidate of the party in the state, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has been expelled from the party, adding that those behind the rumour are “rabble rousing impostors” and a faceless group posing to be members of the APC.

This was contained in a statement on Monday signed by Elder Omeni Sobotie, State Chairman
APC, Delta State, Surv. Peter Akarogbe, State Secretary, APC, Delta State

The statement added: “They claim to hold positions at the various levels of the party – Wards, Local Government Areas, Senatorial Districts and at the State Headquarter.

“We, the the legitimate and only recognized State Executive Committee of the Party, at the National Headquarters, in consultations with all other levels in the chain, hereby disclaim the publication as fraudulent, a ruse and of no consequence. Therefore it should be disregarded and ignored as the handiwork of mischief makers by all party faithfuls and the general public.”

According to the statement, “the Executive Committee members of the APC at the Wards, Local Governments, Senatorials Districts and State levels, were duly elected at the different Congresses organised by the party; they remain legitimate and still hold their offices and positions in accordance with the APC Constitution.”

The party continued: “The various levels of the Executive Committees of the All Progressives Congress at the Wards, Local Governments, Senatorial Districts and the State, were elected by bonafide members of the Party, in an open transparent process, duly designated, approved and coordinated by the National Headquarters.”

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“In the light of the foregoing, the names of the Executive Committee members of the APC at the Wards, Local Governments, Senatorial Districts and the State, are in the National Secretariat of the Party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which duly monitored the congresses as required by law.

“Consequent on the above, the signatories to the said publication are not only dubious impostors, but very reckless in with their publication. In this regard, their claims could cause a breach of public peace and must not be permitted,” the statement said.

Delta APC urged the Nigerian Police Force, DSS and other security agencies “to take note of the wanton rascality and the unscrupulous intent to cause disharmony and a breach of public peace,” while calling on the general public, party faithfuls and stakeholders to discountance the said publication, and view it as the worthless undertaking of men with crooked intentions.