ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has thrown his weight behind Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi for the 2027 election, while maintaining his support for the major economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu.
Former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has endorsed Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi for the 2027 presidential election, even as he reiterated his support for the economic reforms implemented by President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Omo-Agege made the declaration on Wednesday during an appearance on ARISE TV’s The Morning Show, where he addressed questions surrounding his recent resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and his decision to back Obi.
Responding to concerns over why Nigerians should trust his endorsement of Obi after publicly backing Tinubu’s economic policies only weeks ago, the former Delta Central senator insisted that his position on the reforms remains unchanged.
“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.
According to him, some of the administration’s most significant economic measures, particularly the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira, were necessary and remain worthy of support.
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“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 those reforms should not be viewed as exclusive to either the APC or President Tinubu, noting that Peter Obi had also advocated similar measures.
“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 deputy senate president stressed that his endorsement of Obi was not driven by opposition to the reforms, but by his belief that Nigerians would place greater trust in Obi’s ability to successfully implement 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.”
He further defended the economic measures, insisting that the policies themselves were not responsible for the concerns many Nigerians have expressed.
“The policies are not bad policies,” Omo-Agege added.