Asaba accord: Deltans will punish Okowa for betraying the south, says Omo-Agege

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta, Ovie Omo-Agege has said the people of the state will punish Ifeanyi Okowa, the incumbent governor, for betraying the south.

Okowa played a key role in assembling southern governors for a meeting that took place in Asaba, the capital of Delta, on July 5, 2022.

At the meeting, the governors agreed that the next president must be a southerner. The agreement and other resolutions made at the meeting have come to be known as the ‘Asaba accord’.

Speaking on Thursday after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Omo-Agege said “Delta is ripe for the taking” from the PDP.

He said, “It is the position of Deltans and most especially, indeed entire southern Nigeria, that given the fact that we have supported Mr president, Muhammadu Buhari, for the past eight years, it’s only fair, just and equitable that the next president should come from southern Nigeria.

“And it may also interest you that Okowa as the chairman of the governors’ forum in south-south was one of those who led this charge, and met in Asaba, where the case was made.

“So to the chagrin and disappointment of many at home, Okowa betrayed that cause by selling away our right to the presidency, and instead going for the office of a vice president at a time when the entire country is offering us the presidency.

“So our people are not taking this treachery kindly and are determined to punish Okowa.”