Attempt by Chief Great Ogboru, Senator
Ovie Omo-Agege and Prophet Jone Erue factions of the All Progressive Congress,
Delta State, to deny the party state leader Olorogun O’tega Emerhor and the
newly state Executive led by Chief Cyril Ogodo, assess to the party’s
National Convention at Abuja was resisted leading to fierce battle
leaving many injured.
The supremacy battle between
the Emerhor’s tendency which has Chief Hyacinth Enuha, Hon. Victor Ochei, Dr.
Cairo Ojougboh and three other governorship aspirants and Ogboru and Omo-Agege
faction took a worrisome dimension at the APC National Convention as delegates
and supporters of the two group engaged each other in a dirty fight.
Trouble started on Saturday
morning when the Emerhor group discovered that against the directive of the
party’s NWC that only delegate list signed by the out gone National
Chairman, Chief John Odigie Oyegun and Secretary should be used as delegates,
that Omo-Agege group has changed the approve Delta delegate list.
According to our source who simply gave his name a Mr. Efe
Akpososo a delegate, said “we got the wind that Omo-Agege has hijacked the
tags and handed it over to Stella Okotete, so we mobilized from Savannah where
we were waiting for accreditation to AGIES, but to our surprise policemen at
the gate refused our entry.
“While we were been hold back, Omo-Agege and his group were busy
inside sharing the tags to their member and when our people protested,
policemen started firing teargas at us, even into buses that conveyed our people
to the place.
“Not to be suffocated, our delegates started running for their
lives, when suddenly some young men suspected to be Fulani militia unleashed
attacked on the delegates, leaving many sustaining Matchete cuts, while about
three with severe injuries were rushed to Gariki hospital.
In the course of the attack and the commotion it generated,
Omo-Agege and his group rushed to Eagle Square, venue for the convention and
got his people to take over seats meant for Delta delegates.
He added that the Emerhor group however, got tags to clear their
people inside, and when they demanded for them to relinquish their seat, but
they refused which lead to free for all fight.
We further gather that, Chief Great Ogboru, AVM Ajobena,
Omo-Agege, Emerhor, Ochei, Kokori, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu, all have to take cover.
As at the time of filing this report, none of the leaders were
willing to speak to the press.
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