By Oghenefejiro Emado
14, July 2026
Delta Central senatorial candidate on the platform of the National Democratic Congress, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has alleged that he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Usiefrun, Ughelli South Local Government Area on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
In a statement issued on Friday, the Deputy President of the 9th Senate said armed men he described as loyal to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori opened fire on his delegation during a ward-to-ward consultation. He said six members of the NDC were injured in the attack.
According to Omo-Agege, the attack also targeted the party’s governorship candidate, Deacon Chris Iyovwaye, and other leaders. He listed four of the injured as Believe Biadoyo, Joshua Oghenetega Oyibocha, Owhos Peter and Ojiyovwin Dennis.
The senator said eyewitness accounts and video evidence pointed to Hon. Simon Mudi, also known as “TEMPLE” and Protocol Officer to the Governor, Mr. Flash Oghenetega Origbon, Mr. Ochuko Origbon, and Mr. Alex Awherhurho as the alleged masterminds. He claimed all four are members of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State.
Omo-Agege linked the Usiefrun incident to two earlier attacks he raised on July 29 — the assault on Mudi at PTI Effurun and the attack on Iyovwaye in Agholokpe. He described the three events as “a well-orchestrated campaign of violence and attempted murder” ahead of the 2027 elections.
“Agholokpe happened. Effurun happened. Now Usiefrun. This is a pattern. Our warning has become evidence,” he said.
The NDC candidate called on the Inspector General of Police and the Delta Commissioner of Police to arrest and prosecute those named. He also asked the Delta State Government to suspend any appointee linked to the attack.
He further urged security agencies to treat the Agholokpe, Effurun and Usiefrun cases as one investigation, and called on INEC, civil society organizations and the international community to deploy observers to Delta Central, which he described as “unsafe.”
Omo-Agege gave Governor Oborevwori 48 hours to publicly condemn the attack and ensure arrests, warning that “silence will be seen as complicity.” He noted the irony that Mudi, who was reported as a victim in Effurun, is now named as a mastermind in Usiefrun.
Despite the incident, Omo-Agege said the NDC would continue its ward-to-ward engagements. “We refuse to be intimidated or silenced. Do not retaliate. Do not live in fear. Violence will not stop us. We will win on our ideas and our record, because Delta deserves capable leadership,” he said.
He concluded: “On July 29, I called it ‘a shame.’ Today, it is an assassination attempt and an assault on our democracy. Enough is enough.”
