Post by Arise News (@arisenews)

3 June 2026

Oborevwori 'Chickened Out' from PDP to APC Because I’m a Threat – Omo-Agege

In the 2023 elections that I led, the APC won 2 Senate seats in Delta State out of 3. From those 2, Delta Central Senatorial District where Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori and I are from my party, led by me, won in a head-to-head contest between the governor and me. I defeated the governor by a margin of 15,000 votes. In the only Senate seat contested in Delta Central, I won it for my party by defeating the governor’s candidate with my candidate, Dafinone. As I moved around the state reorganiding for the 2027 elections during this thank-you tour, there was a mass defection of people from the PDP to the APC because they had no faith in Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori. I did not concede defeat to Oborevwori because I won the 2027 governorship election. If Oborevwori were sure I was no threat, he would have stayed in the PDP to face me.

Ovie Omo-Agege, Former Deputy Senate President

Comments