Ibori’s ex-aide, trained as a lawyer — things to know about Omo-Agege

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.

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.