BY NGOZI OKORIE
THE Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, on Thursday, refuted reports that the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, was in possession of materials for the party’s registration and revalidation exercise.
The party said the lawmaker was not a member of the Delta State APC membership registration and revalidation committee and would not know the whereabouts of the registration materials.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Director of Publicity, Nick Ovuakporie.
The reaction came following reports in some quarters that the APC membership registration and revalidation exercise was suspended in Delta State because the materials were hijacked.
The party described those accusing the Deputy Senate President of hijacking the materials as mischief makers, who were bent on tarnishing his political image.
It warned those it described as misguided elements to desist from the habit of defaming the reputation of Omo-Agege.
The statement read, “The attention of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State has been drawn to a highly provocative, senseless and irresponsible statement reported by some media houses, giving misleading interpretations to what may have been responsible for the temporary suspension of our party’s ongoing nationwide membership revalidation, update and registration exercise in Delta State, including a derogatory statement accusing the party leader in the State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, of hijacking registration materials for Delta State.
“The report which is the handiwork of mischief makers and their uncultured collaborators is unfortunate and vexatious as nothing could be more uncharitable than the cheap blackmail being mounted against the person and office of the Deputy President of the Senate by confused and failed serial professional blackmailers who will stop at nothing at dragging his hard-earned reputation to disrepute.
“The party wishes to stress for the sake of emphasis that the Deputy President of the Senate, His Excellency, Distinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, is not a member of the Delta State APC membership revalidation, update and registration committee, neither is he privy to the whereabouts of registration materials which is the exclusive responsibility of members of the revalidation committee.
“The party hereby warns those misguided elements who are always in the inglorious habit of defaming the reputation of the Deputy President of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria, and by extension our noble party, to desist henceforth from their mischievous acts.”
