Former Deputy President of the 9th Senate and Delta Central NDC Senatorial Candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, on Friday alleged that he survived an assassination attempt in Usiefrun, Ughelli South Local Government Area on Thursday, August 13, 2026.

Omo-Agege disclosed that armed men allegedly loyal to Governor Sheriff Oborevwori attacked his delegation during a ward-to-ward consultation, injuring six party members.

According to him, his attackers also targeted NDC Governorship Candidate, Deacon Chris Iyovwaye, and other party leaders.

“Yesterday, Thursday, August 13, 2026, armed men affiliated with the Governor of Delta State attempted to take my life in Usiefrun. Thankfully, by God’s grace, they failed,” he stated in a press release issued on Friday.

According to him, six NDC members were injured in the shooting. He named four of them as Mr. Believe Biadoyo, Mr. Joshua Oghenetega Oyibocha, Owhos Peter and Ojiyovwin Dennis.

The Senator said eyewitnesses and video evidence identified the alleged masterminds as one Hon. Simon Mudi, alias “TEMPLE” and Protocol Officer to the Governor, Mr. Flash Oghenetega Origbon, Mr. Ochuko Origbon, and Mr. Alex Awherhurho. He alleged that all four are members of the APC in Delta State.

Omo-Agege linked Thursday’s incident to two earlier attacks he had flagged on July 29 — the assault on Hon. Temple Mudi at PTI Effurun and the attack on Deacon Chris Iyovwaye in Agholokpe.

“On July 29, I raised the alarm about the rising violence in Delta. It was no longer a series of isolated incidents. Today, that warning has come to pass,” he said.

He described the sequence of 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 added.

The NDC candidate called on the Inspector General of Police and the Delta Commissioner of Police to arrest and prosecute the named individuals immediately. He also demanded that the Delta State Government suspend any appointee linked to the attack.

He further urged security agencies to treat the Agholokpe, Effurun and Usiefrun cases as one, and called on INEC, civil society and the international community to deploy observers to Delta Central, which he described as “unsafe.”

Omo-Agege gave Governor Oborevwori 48 hours to condemn the attack and ensure arrests. “Silence will be seen as complicity,” he warned. He noted the irony that Hon. Temple Mudi, who was reported as a victim in Effurun days ago, is now named as a mastermind in Usiefrun.

Despite the attack, 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 told party members and “all peace-loving Deltans.”

“On July 29, I called it ‘a shame.’ Today, it is an assassination attempt and an assault on our democracy. Enough is enough.”, the statement added.

But in a spontaneous reaction, the Senior Special Assistant to the Delta State Governor on Protocol, Mr. Simon Mudi, popularly known as Temple, debunked the allegations, described them as a malicious and baseless.

Speaking with journalists via telephone on Friday, 14 August 2026, Temple rejected in the strongest terms the claim that he attacked certain persons at Usiefrun the 13th of August, 2026.

He challenged the senator to immediately produce the video evidence he allegedly referenced on his Facebook page, insisting that no such incident occurred.

Temple made it clear that he is presently receiving medical treatment in Asaba and could not possibly have been present at Usiefrun.

He questioned how Omo-Agege and his associates could claim to have sighted him at the location when he was confined to the state capital for health reasons.

He further clarified his identity and origins, stating firmly that he is an indigene of Ekakpamre community and has no residential or ancestral connection to Usiefrun, contrary to the senator’s assertion.

In a scathing assessment of the senator’s motives, Temple accused Omo-Agege of premature political desperation.

He said the senator was already “wailing ahead of his looming failure” in the 2027 general elections, describing the outburst as both premature and revealing of deep insecurity.

Temple predicted that Omo-Agege would suffer a decisive defeat at the hands of the erudite Senator Ede Dafinone, advising him to wait until after the polls before issuing such complaints. (The Sun, excluding headline)

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