• Nwoko to seek legal redress over senatorial primary
Former Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Omo-Agege, who was Deputy President of the Ninth Senate, said his resignation takes immediate effect.
 
In a letter dated May 22, 2026, addressed to the Chairman of Orogun Ward 2 in Ughelli North Local Council Area of Delta State, Omo-Agege explained that following an assessment of recent happenings within the APC in Delta State, as well as consultations with his allies and supporters, he had concluded that his political aspirations and the interests of his constituents would be better pursued outside the party.
 
He said: “I will not remain a sitting duck in a party where I cannot advance the interests of Delta Central, Delta State, and Nigeria.
 
“I thank the APC for the opportunity to serve as Deputy President of the Ninth Senate. I wish the party well and have requested that my name be removed from all membership records, registers, and communication lists.”
 
Omo-Agege affirmed that his focus remains on delivering development and effective representation for Delta Central, Delta State, and Nigeria, adding that he will seek to pursue these goals outside the party.
 
It was gathered that his resignation may not be unconnected with the recently conducted APC Delta Central Senatorial District primaries, where he lost to the incumbent, Ede Dafinone.

MEANWHILE, a chieftain of the APC, Ned Nwoko, has vowed to challenge the result of the party’s senatorial primary in court.
 
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television, Nwoko insisted that he won the exercise based on results and evidence allegedly gathered from the wards.
 
He rejected the declaration of former Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as the winner of the primary election, alleging that the results announced did not reflect the actual votes cast.
 
According to him, midway into the primary, party officials ordered that no results should be announced at the ward level.
 
He alleged that the party officials equally instructed that they be collated and announced later at the national headquarters in Abuja.
 
“We have submitted them. Halfway through the primary, we got a message on our phones saying that no results should be announced at the ward level; they should be collected and announced later at the national level in Abuja.
 
“And so, we thought we’d be law-abiding. Suddenly, we saw some news. We saw only that one video of one of the wards in Ika North East. I will go to court, and I believe that President Bola Tinubu will wade into the matter,” he said.