Former Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has dismissed reports that he defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting instead that the party abandoned him and his supporters in Delta State.

Omo-Agege made the clarification during a recent interview.

He said: “I never left the APC, the APC left me and left my over 240,000 supporters in Delta State.”

“Now, when Mr President came up with some of these economic policies, most especially this policy dealing with the Naira flotation, dealing with the subsidy removal. Now, these were policies I supported, and policies I continue to support, but let me tell you this.”

“Even though these were policies that were espoused by Mr President, which policies I support, this same policy was also supported by Peter Obi.”

“The question becomes, have I changed my opinion about this? No, I have not.”

“I just believe that under the new platform that I’ve gone to, these policies will continue, and the people, the majority of Nigerians who have issues with that policy, will feel more confident because they are more comfortable and trust Peter Obi that he will be able to make these policies even work more than Mr President could have done.”

“The policies are not bad policies. I supported them under President Bola Tinubu and I continue to support it.”