I was never convicted by U.S. court, Omo-Agege says

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta) has said the allegation by Olorogun O’tega Emerhor that he plans to kill him is a cheap blackmail peddled against him at every election season.

A statement signed by Prince Efe Duku on behalf of the Senator on Wednesday, said another allegation that the senator was once convicted by a Californian court in the United States thereby disqualifying him from holding any political office, is another worn-out lie that will fail again.

Omo-Agege said he was only alleged to have broken the law in California but was later found innocent which ensures that he remains an active member of the State of California Bar Association.

The lawmaker, however, called for a proper investigation into the allegations raised against him by those he alleged to be desperate politicians grasping on unfounded rumours as a blackmail tool.

The statement said “Yesterday (Tuesday), Olorogun O’tega Emerhor petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, that the Distinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege plans to kill him.

“Although Emerhor’s petition is a shocking, malicious, wicked and brazen lie calculated to blackmail, embarrass and demean Senator Omo-Agege and smear his reputation, our Senator has nonetheless called for its proper investigation.

“We note that many have reasonably asked why Omo-Agege would ever plan anything against a so-called political opponent who has no electoral value – one who has never won an election in his own polling unit.”

He said barely 24 hours after Emerhor’s “laughable petition became a media show, a new lie, blackmail and campaign of calumny was launched against Senator Omo-Agege.”

“The fact is, at a point in his brilliant and bright legal career in California, USA, Senator Omo-Agege (then a young attorney) was alleged to have broken the law in California. But in the end, he was found not guilty.

“Accordingly, he was declared innocent by the Honourables Lance A. Ito (who presided over the popular O.J. Simpson murder trial case) and G. Magnera of the Court of California, County of Los Angeles. Omo-Agege had to fight hard for his innocence and God vindicated him against the expectations of evil men like the most sadistic blackmailer in the world,” he said.