Omo-Agege And Emerhor Meet, Sue For Peace Over Delta APC Crisis

 

DEPUTY President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and the Founding leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, weekend, sued for peace and unity in the party, maintaining that it was time to end the divisions in the party in the state.

Omo-Agege and Emerhor who stated this when the latter played host to the Deputy President of the Senate in his Evwreni country home in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state, told other leaders of the party in the state to close rank and work for the unity of the party ahead of the 2023 general election in the state.

Both leaders spoke at Evwreni in Ughelli North LGA when the Deputy President of the Senate visited Olorogun Emerhor at his country-home with other leaders of the party including

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Omo-Agege, who turned into followed via the member representing Ughelli North/ Ughelli South/Udu Federal Constituency, Revd Francis Waive and others, said the visit changed into a brotherly one, adding that it became a part of the attempt closer to finishing the rift among leaders of the birthday party within the nation.

While blaming the poor overall performance of the birthday celebration within the 2019 trendy elections at the division within leaders of the APC within the nation, he stated; “this is a brotherly go to. This is not the first time we're meeting. We have met severally at his residence in Abuja.

Before the graduation of our revalidation workout, I had planned to go to him to say whats up. It changed into now not simply to mention hi there but to reiterate to him primarily based on the discussions we've got had. It’s time we bring everyone collectively.

“As each people we are saying, Delta State is ripe for the taking. We have also said that could handiest manifest if everybody are on the equal web page. Come to think about it, what are we preventing for? At the stop of the day, we are brothers first earlier than we became members of APC. Party will come and pass however the Urhobo people will remain Urhobo. Delta State will remain Delta State.

“As from nowadays, we ought to all know that we are one. The party isn't pretty much Olorogun Emerhor and myself, we still produce other leaders.

In politics, we drag who gets what, however whilst doing that, we ought to do it with civility. We must do it with humanity. We ought to now not play it in a manner that it turns into almost not possible to reconcile yourselves at the stop of the exercising.

“That was what we went via in 2019. That’s why you notice a very terrible end result. We will reach out to others. We will attempt to deliver all of us on board.

We appreciate all people. We admire each chief of the party within the country. All we need is that Delta State is added to APC. Let’s attain out to other leaders of the party and people who align and help them and their aspirations.

I will paintings with all and sundry to make certain that APC wins destiny elections inside the state thru harmony”.

Also in his comments, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor, who changed into the 2015 governorship candidate of the party inside the State, said the Omo-Agege’s visit to his house changed into historical, insisting that it become time for leaders and members of the celebration from throughout the state to include peace and unite in the hobby of the party.

Emerhor stated the best reason the opposition had no longer been able to battle strength from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP inside the nation was due to the disunity and department among competition leaders inside the country.

He stated “being the Founding leader and having contested some of elections in the state, I know this for a reality. And this why I have endured to send out messages of harmony these days.

“As someone who improved after the loss of life of late Senator Pius Ewherido to build this celebration and then ran for Senatorial in 2013 and Gubernatorial in 2015, I realize what we have suffered inside the nation and I also know why we've not long past a ways in the state.

“It’s now not because PDP has been so strong, they may be robust absolute confidence about it, but we have by no means been united as a party. If you don’t unite, it’s easy to pick out you aside and damage you, that is the lesson of the broom while is bunched together, you may’t damage it but as a single stick, you can damage it, and that's what has been happening to us in Delta country.

“So, I believe that solidarity is our best triumphing formulation against the PDP in the subsequent election. Divided we fall, united, we stand. That is why I have persevered to preach peace and I am happy that that's what Senator Omo-Agege has come to illustrate here nowadays, by means of placing aside any variations we may additionally have had.

“He didn’t start it with this go to, he had reached out to me like he stated and we have met before. We had a dialogue and nowadays, he has come to make it open for all to look and know that we ought to come together.

“The 2d thing of winning Delta State is the difficulty of leadership. There must be a frontrunner of the birthday celebration. We have many leaders but any person need to be the top who organises the others to work collectively in order that the ‘Oshobey’ can work.

There cannot be many Captains in a deliver. Too many chefs break the broth.

“If you are a father and your son is appointed King, you continue to remain the daddy, however you are now the issue of your son the King. The son, the king still respects the father and the daddy respects his son as King. The king is the king whether you're older than him. Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, God has made you king in Delta nation APC, that can't be disputed. Nonetheless, you are right here these days to recognize your senior brother.

“If we are to win, we have to have a pacesetter, and that role, it's far you, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege which can play it now. It is very clear, all and sundry who're leaders in Delta nation nowadays, if we lead a delegation to Abuja who will they mentioned first, it's miles him, will anyone be contesting that at the sort of assembly? We can not try this until we don’t need to win.

“However, management comes with responsibilities and demanding situations. When you are king, you should convey your people together, and this is my assignment to our chief, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. You must do extra, you must no longer give up. You should reach out to the other leaders, Chief Great Ogboru, Festus Keyamo and others and produce all of us together. In that quest, I will keep to support you to make sure that all the leaders of the party come collectively.

“Also being the State Leader does not translate to Sole Administrator. It will behove the Leader to consult and pay attention and work with anyone the alternative leaders.

“The generation in which  leaders will gang up towards others and create faction in Delta APC is over. Let it's regarded that I am now not ganging up with the Senator, however supporting him to make certain that peace and solidarity reign in Delta APC”.