The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has said he does
not regret stopping the 8th Senate from impeaching the President, Muhammadu
Buhari.
Omo-Agege, who was accused of masterminding the invasion of
the Senate chamber, had allegedly arrived at the National Assembly premises
with thugs believed to be working for him on that day.
While reacting to the incident on Thursday during his
campaign in Asaba, the All Progressives Congress Delta State governorship
candidate stated that he never regretted his action.
He said, “I will never regret my action to shut down the 8th
Senate to stop the impeachment of President Buhari.
“Then, I was the de facto chairman of the Electoral Act, and
after concluding our report, Saraki and his cohorts decided to change what we
passed and sent to the House of Representatives for concurrent consideration
just because they wanted to impeach President Buhari.
“So, I protested and
stopped them, and the Saraki group said they had suspended me. According to my
understanding of the law, they do not have the authority to suspend me.
“Our group called the parliamentary group for support of
Buhari in the Senate, then made efforts to stop them, and I showed up
unexpectedly and shut down the sitting to stop the impeachment of President
Buhari. I’m not regretting the role I played.”
On the governance of the state, Omo-Agege said, “If you make
an objective assessment of every village, town, city, and local government area
in Delta State, including the riverine areas, you will come to the sad
conclusion that the state is lagging behind in every index of socio-economic
development and economic prosperity.
“Ifeanyi Okowa’s government alone has swallowed up well over
N2.8trn in seven years.
“There is poverty and profound infrastructural dilapidation
from Asaba to Warri and environs, Ughelli to Udu, Sapele to Effurun, Koko to
Oghara, Agbor to Ukwani, Ndokwa to Abraka, and other areas of the state.”
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