Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Delta State and the deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, has cautioned political parties planning to intimidate APC supporters during the 2023 elections to back off or face the full force of the law.
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On Friday, Omo-Agege led the APC’s ward-to-ward campaigning to the Warri South Local Council where he assured voters of appropriate protection, adding that any efforts to intimidate APC members and voters on election day would be rejected vehemently by all legal means.

“Nobody can scare you. Nobody can molest you. There will be adequate security for everyone. And by God’s grace, we shall win,” said Omo-Agege, much to the delight of APC supporters at the rally.

He added that the era of “local strongmen” running away with election materials is over. “This is the BVAS age,” he pointed out, “and those planning to chase away APC voters shall be firmly resisted.”

Omo-Agege also promised to reactivate the Warri Port, ensure the Warri City Stadium works again, revive the Warri Industrial Park, and attract the various companies that left the commercial capital of Delta State back to base. He also pledged to increase students’ bursaries, empower women, create job opportunities for the youths, and provide adequate security in the oil-rich state.
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In his remarks, Delta APC chairman, Omeni Sobotie, said Warri, under the incumbent governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, is the keke capital of Nigeria, and is looking increasingly deserted. He therefore charged the people to express their anger by voting out the PDP.

“Vote Okowa out. He is a traitor. Can’t you see that he has no Deltan of repute on his campaign trail? He is on his own,” Sobotie said of the outgoing Delta governor, who is the running mate of the PDP’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

APC political stalwarts in Warri, including Ayiri Emami, Omasan Agbajoh, Mario Onwume, Dr Michael Merogu, and Emmanuel Ekpoto Ekpoto, among others, also urged the people to reject Okowa and PDP outright.

Merogu, the APC’s House of Assembly candidate for Warri South Constituency 1, described Omo-Agege as someone who is reliable, saying with him as governor, Warri will rise again, and called for support for his election and total rejection of the PDP.
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The party’s House of Reps candidate, Ekpoto Ekpoto, said the PDP is angry because with Omo-Agege as governor, Warri Port will work, Warri Stadium will work and the Warri Industrial Park will be reactivated. “They are angry and we have rejected them,” he said.

Also speaking, Agbajoh, a former commissioner, said Okowa has no respect for elders and called for greater women inclusion in the in-coming Omo-Agege administration. She assured that the APC candidate will be accountable and committed to the development of Delta State.

APC chieftain, Emami, who rang in a chorus and stole the show declared: “This is our town. We, Urhobo, Yoruba, Isoko, Itsekiri, Igala, Hausa, Igbo, Calabar people, everybody is here. One man said he will spoil this town for us. We refuse. APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is our in-law. It was by the force of in-laws that Delta State capital was taken to Asaba. This time, we have the in-law and we will use him well to develop Warri.”

He added: “I don’t support any PDP candidate and any of my followers should not support them otherwise, the ancestors will deal with you. I told you not to support Okowa but you did because of money, how is it now? We reject Okowa and PDP this time around.”

APC Chairman, Warri South, Mario Onwume, earlier on, said the people must take their destiny in their hands and stop the PDP at the polls.

“We want the light that Omo-Agege is shining in Delta Central to shine in Warri South local government area. We are convinced he will do better and we must work hard to secure victory. We reject Okowa and PDP,” he said.
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