Date Published: 11/04/10

Omo-Agege dumps PDP

A GOVERNORSHIP aspirant in Delta State, Chief Ovie Omo-Agege, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He linked his resignation to the crisis that has engulfed the party’s state chapter.

In a letter to the National Chairman of the Party, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, he stated that it had become clear that his political aspiration of adding value to the governance of “my dear state, Delta will never be realised in such a crisis-ridden and rancorous platform.”

The former Commissioner for Special Duties in the state explained that, “when I took up the membership of the party in 2002, it was with the belief that the dream of the founding fathers of the party will find accommodation in good governance, internal democracy and the delivery of democratic dividends to our teeming masses who gave the party their overwhelming support.

“Sadly, the dreams and aspirations of the founding fathers of the party had been eroded over the years by abuse of due process, god-fatherism and indeed intolerance of opposing views against the spirit of true and participatory
democracy.”

He said that the decision to resign his membership was taken after wide consultation with his supporters from all the different political strata across Delta State, in view of the rancour and crisis rocking the state chapter in particular and the entire party in general

According to him, “I have come to the sad conclusion that the crisis of credibility and illegality that has bedevilled the Delta State chapter of the party since 2008 when an illegal executive was foisted on members without due process of conducting ward, local council and state congresses in accordance with the party guideline and the party constitution as evidenced by the INEC report, has robbed the once popular party of all the goodwill and support of members and voters alike.”