Ovie Omo-Agege
Details have emerged about the life of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, the lawmaker who allegedly snatched the mace from the senate. One week after the senate suspended Ovie Omo-Agege, lawmaker
representing Delta central senatorial district, he stormed the red
chamber with suspected thugs who snatched the mace.
To onlookers, the
senator’s action-packed invasion could have evoked a familiar scene of a
Hollywood all-time thriller.
The upper legislative chamber suspended Omo-Agege as a result of
his utterances while announcing his opposition to the bid to change the
sequence of the 2019 elections. He had said the move of his colleagues
could be targetted at President Muhammadu Buhari.
The lawmaker has been trending on social media for his recent act
but there’s more to the Urhobo lawmaker than his theatrical skills.
Here are five things to know about Ovie Omo-Agege.
SPENT HIS NYSC YEAR AT THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE
After bagging a law degree from the University of Benin, Omo-Agege
spent the one-year mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) an
attorney at the directorate of criminal investigation and intelligence
at the Nigerian Police Force in Ilorin, Kwara state. That was between
1987 and 1988.
MARRIED TO A LAWYER
He is married to Rosemary Omo-Agege, also a barrister. The
54-year-old senator from Ughelli north graduated UNIBEN in 1985 and
proceeded to the law school a year later. He bagged a master’s of law
degree from Tulane University Law School, New Orleans in 2002. He has
practised law both in Nigeria and the United States of America.
IBORI’S AIDE
In 2003, Omo-Agege was appointed an executive assistant by James
Ibori, former governor of Delta state. The governor later appointed him
as the commissioner for special duties. He also enjoyed a short spell as
secretary to the state government.
A FORMER MEMBER OF LABOUR PARTY
Omo-Agege was the only senator elected on the platform of the
Labour Party (LP) in the senate until he defected to the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in March 2017.
Announcing his move to the ruling party, the lawmaker said he defected because of the internal crisis rocking the party.
Shortly before his suspension, Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, taunted Omo-Agege saying: “When
I was following the president, campaigning and working for him to
become the president of this country, Ovie Omo-Agege was labouring in
the Labour Party.”
BUHARI’S LOYALIST
The father of five and traditional chief is undoubtedly a loyalist
of Buhari as he was suspended for his strong opinion in support of the
president. This didn’t go down well with his colleagues, after which he
was dragged to the committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions
and ostracised from the hallowed chamber for 90 days.
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