Former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has declared his support for Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 presidential election while maintaining that he still believes in key economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Omo-Agege made the remarks during an appearance on ARISE TV’s The Morning Show on Wednesday, where he explained his political position following his recent resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Omo-Agege recently defected to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), the party under which Obi will contest the presidency, and hopes to fly the party’s ticket for the 2027 Delta Central senatorial election.
His exit from the ruling party follows the APC primary conducted on May 18 across the local government areas in the district, where the incumbent senator representing Delta Central District, Ede Dafinone, defeated him.
Dafinone secured 116,252 votes, while Omo-Agege polled 3,643 votes.
Following the defeat, the former deputy senate president announced his resignation from the party in a letter dated May 22, addressed to the APC chairman of Orogun Ward 2 in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Responding to questions about why Nigerians should trust his endorsement of Obi after publicly supporting President Tinubu’s economic policies only weeks earlier, the former Delta Central senator, who served as Deputy President of the 9th Senate, insisted his views on the reforms had not changed.
“When Mr President came up with the economic policies, most especially the naira floatation and subsidy removal, these are policies I supported and continue to support,” he stated.
He stated that he never left the APC but rather the party left him and his over 230,000 supporters in Delta State.
Omo-Agege emphasized that he remains convinced that some of the administration’s most significant economic decisions, particularly the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira, were necessary reforms that he continues to support.
The former deputy senate president noted, however, that support for those policies should not be seen as exclusive to the APC or President Tinubu, arguing that Obi had also advocated similar economic measures during his previous campaign.
“The question is, have I changed my opinion about this? No, I have not,” he said.
“I just believe that under the new platform I’ve gone to, these policies will continue and the people, the majority of Nigerians who have issues with those policies, would feel more confident because they are more comfortable and trust Peter Obi that he will make these policies work more than Mr President could have done.”
Former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has declared his support for Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 presidential election while maintaining that he still believes in key economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Omo-Agege made the remarks during an appearance on ARISE TV’s The Morning Show on Wednesday, where he explained his political position following his recent resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Omo-Agege recently defected to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), the party under which Obi will contest the presidency, and hopes to fly the party’s ticket for the 2027 Delta Central senatorial election.
His exit from the ruling party follows the APC primary conducted on May 18 across the local government areas in the district, where the incumbent senator representing Delta Central District, Ede Dafinone, defeated him.
Dafinone secured 116,252 votes, while Omo-Agege polled 3,643 votes.
Following the defeat, the former deputy senate president announced his resignation from the party in a letter dated May 22, addressed to the APC chairman of Orogun Ward 2 in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
Responding to questions about why Nigerians should trust his endorsement of Obi after publicly supporting President Tinubu’s economic policies only weeks earlier, the former Delta Central senator, who served as Deputy President of the 9th Senate, insisted his views on the reforms had not changed.
“When Mr President came up with the economic policies, most especially the naira floatation and subsidy removal, these are policies I supported and continue to support,” he stated.
He stated that he never left the APC but rather the party left him and his over 230,000 supporters in Delta State.
Omo-Agege emphasized that he remains convinced that some of the administration’s most significant economic decisions, particularly the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira, were necessary reforms that he continues to support.
The former deputy senate president noted, however, that support for those policies should not be seen as exclusive to the APC or President Tinubu, arguing that Obi had also advocated similar economic measures during his previous campaign.
“The question is, have I changed my opinion about this? No, I have not,” he said.
“I just believe that under the new platform I’ve gone to, these policies will continue and the people, the majority of Nigerians who have issues with those policies, would feel more confident because they are more comfortable and trust Peter Obi that he will make these policies work more than Mr President could have done.”
