Former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has found himself straddling between declaring support for Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi ahead of the 2027 election, while insisting he still believes in the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Omo-Agege made the startling declaration during an appearance on ARISE TV’s The Morning Show on Wednesday, shortly after his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Explaining his controversial political stance, the former Delta Central senator maintained that his confidence in Tinubu’s economic reforms remains unchanged despite endorsing Obi.
“I was a member of the APC. I never left the APC; the party left me and left my over 230,000 supporters in Delta State,” he said.
The former deputy senate president defended some of the Tinubu administration’s most debated economic decisions, particularly the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira.
“When Mr President came up with the economic policies, most especially the naira floatation and subsidy removal, these are policies I supported and continue to support,” he stated.
Omo-Agege, however, argued that support for the reforms should not be seen as exclusive to President Tinubu or the APC, insisting that Peter Obi also campaigned on similar economic ideas.
“Even though these policies were espoused by Mr President, which I support, the same policies were also supported by Peter Obi,” he said.
The former APC chieftain stressed that his endorsement of Obi was not because the policies had failed, but because he believes Nigerians would trust Obi more in implementing them.
“The question is, have I changed my opinion about this? No, I have not,” he said.
“I just believe that under the new platform I’ve gone to, these policies will continue and the people, the majority of Nigerians who have issues with those policies, would feel more confident because they are more comfortable and trust Peter Obi that he will make these policies work more than Mr President could have done.”
Omo-Agege further insisted that the economic measures themselves were never the problem.
“The policies are not bad policies,” Omo-Agege added.
