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A former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuff, has said Senator Ovie Omo-Agege was made the Deputy Senate President as a compensation for the role he played in the disputed All Progressives Congress 2018 governorship primary in Osun State.

He said Omo-Agege was used to edge him out to pave the way for the emergence of Gboyega Oyetola as the party’s candidate for the election which Yusuff insisted the APC lost but was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Yusuff said this while speaking to reporters at the APC National Secretariat, Abuja, on Thursday.

He said, “Let me tell you all these: The former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, was the chairman of that primary election committee. On the day of the primary, Yari did not come to Osun.

“That’s left to you journalists to find out why he did not come but let me give you a glimpse; the man knew I was popular but he was instructed to go and do a particular thing but he told them that he had run an investigation and discovered that the deputy speaker was too popular. That’s why Yari did not come to Osun during the APC primary election in 2018.

“The job was undertaken by the current Deputy Senate President. He became the chairman of the committee overnight, and I want to say, if he likes he can controvert this, that one of the reasons Omo-Agege is the Deputy Senate President today was that he was compensated for that job.”

Yusuff noted that his peaceful disposition prevented him from going to court. According to him, if he had taken the option of going to court, what happened in Zamfara State where the party lost all the seats won after the elections would have been repeated in Osun.

He, however, said, this time around, he was prepared to go the whole hog, noting that “nobody born of a woman” can stop him from contesting.

When ed, the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the Deputy Senate President, Yomi Odunuga, said, “The former Deputy Speaker is entitled to his opinion on what transpired. The office of the Deputy Senate President will not issues with him.”

https://punchng.com/omo-agege-became-deputy-senate-president-as-compensation-says-lasun/

Nigerians will never forget what happened in osun, Kano and imo states.
How Buhari, Tinubu and apc turned democracy upside-down.

And ass licking plus mace stealing

Someone who brought in thugs to invade the national assembly and steal the mace was rewarded by APC with the deputy senate president position. Very useless people

I miss the days of Ike Madu as Deputy Senate President

No wonder The SENATE hands are tied that they cannot amend The CONSTITUTION.

Agege is a thugish persn...

Lol. Even Adeoti and Najeem salami was and is more popular than lasun. He's just overhyping himself.

Lasun no cry again, go suck breast.

Who sabi Lasun for Osun? Anyway, he’s entitled to hype himself sha.

This type of party primary done without knowing the number of people that will vote is always chaotic

Nigeria is a failed state

The APC as a party is always steeped in one criminality allegation or another. I'm not surprised about Omo Agege sha, the mace matter is still fresh in our minds

What is this one saying? We all know omo Agege was made deputy senate president as compensation for the mace he stole and foil the attempt by Saraki to impeach Buhari.

another1:
Nigerians will never forget what happened in osun, Kano and imo states.
How Buhari, Tinubu and apc turned democracy upside-down.

democracy was turned upside down in 1966 when some people from a region thought the best way to resolve differences is to stage a coup and kill everybody....it has been upside down ever since!!!

Omo Agege and Lasun are funny names with funny characters!

NA NORMAL THING FOR THAT END NA

Including his legendary mace stealing fiasco

Na so Dr.Maduka sef believe say him win Anambra election.

This country is a joke

HenryThegreat1:


https://punchng.com/omo-agege-became-deputy-senate-president-as-compensation-says-lasun/

They opening up small small.....Truth will always speak .....It may take years, even century....

Who steal our Mace for national assembly that time self?

It just shows that if you invade the National Assembly with thugs, you will be rewarded with a good position.
The people that invaded Congress in America on January 6th are being picked up one by one by the FBI and being taken to court. After seeing this, nobody will want to try that again. That is how you deter future occurrence.

This country is truly a 3rd world country....fact

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orisa37:
No wonder The SENATE hands are tied that they cannot amend The CONSTITUTION.

When their hands were not tied, what constitution did they amend? Wardrobe allowance?

Itohanmiwa:
What is this one saying? We all know omo Agege was made deputy senate president as compensation for the mace he stole and foil the attempt by Saraki to impeach Buhari.

Nobody can impeach a Nigerian president.
If Saraki wanted to impeach Buhari, he would have done that the period Buhari left Nigeria and stayed away for a long time.

and he will not win