Ovie Omo-Agege, the former Deputy Senate President, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and is expected to announce his membership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
A source close to the former Delta Central senator confirmed the development to The Whistler on Wednesday, saying that Omo-Agege submitted his resignation on May 22 before announcing his departure.
“His APC is gone. He will be announcing NDC soon,” the source said.
“You can call it an earthquake because Omo-Agege was one of the biggest political men in APC in Delta.
The source said supporters and loyalists of the former senator are expected to follow him to the NDC.
In his resignation letter to the APC chairman in Orogun Ward 2, Orogun, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Omo-Agege said his political goals were no longer in line with the party.
“My political goals and those of my constituents are better served outside the APC,” he wrote.
“I cannot continue to be a sitting duck in a party where I cannot advance the interests of Delta Central, Delta State and Nigeria,” he added.
It was also reported that the resignation of Omo-Agege came 10 days after he lost the APC Delta Central senatorial primary to Senator Ede Dafinone.
Omo-Agege polled 3,643 votes in the primary held on May 17 while Dafinone scored 116,252 votes to secure the party’s ticket for a second term.
His move to the NDC comes after recent defections by former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi and former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso from the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Both politicians joined the NDC early last month, saying that Nigeria needed to be rescued from worsening insecurity and economic hardship.
But since then, the party has continued to draw interest from federal lawmakers and opposition figures around the country.
James Onosakponome, an NDC chieftain in Delta State, had recently urged Omo-Agege to join the party and contest the 2027 governorship election rather than return to the Senate.
Onosakponome argued that a return to the Senate would amount to a political demotion for a former deputy senate president.
The development also comes amidst reports that a Federal High Court in Abuja nullified parts of INEC’s 2027 election timetable, providing a window for aggrieved aspirants who lost primaries to switch parties.
INEC has since appealed the decision.
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