Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who is the Deputy Senate President of the Nigerian Senate and Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has declared that Mr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa is the ‘Judas -Iscariot’ of Delta State and southern Nigeria.
Omo-Agege made this assertion while speaking on during a remark at the flag off of the APC presidential/governorship campaign held at the Warri Township Stadium.
He informed the APC presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the people of Delta State are hospitable and will be voting for him next year.
‘We don’t tolerate traitors. We don’t like treachery and we don’t like traitors.’
He pointed out that only Judas-Iscariot was the traitor among the twelve disciples Jesus Christ had.
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He accused Governor Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa of betrayal saying he has engaged in an ‘ill-fated’ adventure to become Vice President.
According to him, Okowa has refused to commit political suicide like Juda-Iscariot who betrayed Jesus Christ his Master.
He called on Okowa to step down from the ticket of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He stated that Delta State is supposed to be one of the richest states in the Niger Delta.
He added that with its natural endowment especially with the federation account, 13%derivation and others received, there’s nothing to show in commensurate order.
Omo-Agege pointed out that Warri has become the headquarters of Keke capital in Delta State.
He went on to stress that the people are suffering in the midst of plenty and they want the narrative to change.
Africa Today News, New York also reports that Tinubu also lashed out at his counterpart from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar describing him as shameless.
Tinubu asserted that Atiku was a shameless man who had even fought former President Olusegun Obasanjo in public.
He made this known during the APC presidential/governorship campaign rally in Warri, Delta State which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York.
According to Tinubu, Atiku had fought his former boss over how they spent money on projects for their girlfriends.