Battle for Control of Delta APC: Committee Recommends  Keyamo, Omo-Agege as Co-Chairmen

By Correspondent

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Committee led by Olorogun O’Tega Emehor that was set up by the party’s State Working Committee, has recommended a co-chair position for the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Olorogun Festus Keyamo SAN, and a former Senate majority leader, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, to lead the Delta State APC Elders Council.

The decision was reached to put to rest, the ongoing supremacy battle between Omo-Agege and supporters of the Honourable Minister Keyamo.

This fact emerged from the report of the reconciliation committee that investigated the underlying causes of conflicts in the party and the supremacy battle between former Deputy Senate President and former governorship candidate of the party, Ovie Omo-Agege and the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Olorogun Festus Keyamo SAN, which Midwest Herald learnt has submitted its report.

The committee’s report was submitted last Monday to the National Chairman of APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, in Abuja by the APC Vice Chairman, Delta Central Senatorial District, Paulinus Akpeki.

However, reports say that, supporters of Omo-Agege are not comfortable with the submission of the peace committee, and the report quoted Mr. Francis Obigbor, the Deputy Chairman of the party, recent statement. Obigbor is alleged to be Omo-Agege’s anchor man.

However, the recommendation by the O’Tega Committee seems to have the blessing of the National Working Committee (NWC) going by the comments of a senior member who questioned the complaints of the pro Omo-Agege supporters.

He asked: “What is wrong if the Delta State APC chairman, Sobotie delegates Akpeki to receive the reconciliation committee report on his behalf and submit to the national chairman?

“I have read the committee’s report and the obvious truth is that the content is causing the jittering across the party in Delta, because some persons don’t want the report to see the light of the day and I can tell you that the national chairman was so happy receiving the report on Monday.

“The report is about uniting the party. The party is so divided and the committee came up with a report identifying root causes of the lingering crisis in the party.

“The issue is, only one man, former deputy senate president, Omo-Agege is claiming leadership of the party in the state and other people are not accepting him as a leader. Omo-Agege and the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo feels that they are both leaders of the party, so the report is nothing but about the unity of the party.

“The committee in it’s wisdom learnt, recommended the dual chairmanship, having identified Omo-Agege and Keyamo different interest which has led to members supremacy battle and the proposal to have both gladiators as co-chairmen of the leadership council of the party will please supporters of both leaders.

“But the truth is, Omo-Agege faction apparently don’t want such because they feel that will compromise his ability to control the party, so I don’t know why they want only one faction of the party to represent the party.

“With information before the NWC, the state deputy chairman, Obigbor is Omo-Agege’s anchor man in the party’s SWC and was in the committee but refused to cooperate and support it even refused to sign the report and was positioning himself to receive it and possibly destroy it.

“But, Sobotie delegated Akpeki to receive the report and forward to the national chairman.”

Majority of the APC stakeholders have praised the resolution reached by the Delta APC Elders Council to finally bring peace to the party.

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