Omo-Agege: Oborevwori Flouted Tinubu’s Directive to Share 60-40 Party Structure

Former Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has accused Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of disregarding a directive from President Bola Tinubu concerning the sharing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) party structure. Omo-Agege asserted that Tinubu had mandated a 60-40 arrangement to integrate old and new party members following Oborevwori's defection to the APC.

Omo-Agege, who recently left the APC for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), made these claims during an Arise Television interview. He also declared his full support for Peter Obi's presidential bid in the 2027 elections. The former APC governorship candidate in Delta State maintained that his departure from the ruling party was not voluntary, arguing that the state's APC leadership, under Oborevwori, systematically excluded long-term party members who had supported Tinubu's 2023 presidential victory.

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There was a directive from Mr. President, the leader of the APC, that there should be a 60-40 sharing arrangement between the old APC and the new intakes. While that arrangement was implemented in almost every state, in Delta State Sheriff Oborevwori and his crew decided they were not going to do that.

"There was a directive from Mr. President, the leader of the APC, that there should be a 60-40 sharing arrangement between the old APC and the new intakes," Omo-Agege stated. "While that arrangement was implemented in almost every state, in Delta State Sheriff Oborevwori and his crew decided they were not going to do that." He alleged that Oborevwori's faction seized complete control of the party structure upon joining the APC, displacing members who had been active before the governor's defection.

Omo-Agege insisted that despite losing control of the party machinery, he retained the loyalty of a significant grassroots base across Delta State. He suggested that Oborevwori's decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC was partly driven by concerns about facing Omo-Agege in a future governorship contest. "If Sheriff believed I was not a threat, why didn’t he remain in the PDP and face me in 2027? The fact that he moved tells its own story," he said. Omo-Agege also alleged that his supporters won 84 out of 85 wards in the state during the APC governorship primary, but victory was denied through manipulation.

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If Sheriff believed I was not a threat, why didn’t he remain in the PDP and face me in 2027? The fact that he moved tells its own story.