Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege was born on 3 August 1963 and is a Nigerian lawyer and politician who served as the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate from 2019 to 2023.
21 Facts About Ovie Omo-Agege
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Ovie Omo-Agege was the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District from 2015 to 2023.
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Ovie Omo-Agege is from the Orogun clan of the Urhobo ethnic group in Ughelli North local Government area of Delta State.
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Ovie Omo-Agege emerged the Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate of the 9th National Assembly on 11 June 2019 after he defeated his rival, Ike Ekweremadu with a margin of 31 votes to win the second leadership position of the National Assembly.
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Ovie Omo-Agege was born on 3 August 1963 in Delta State.
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Ovie Omo-Agege graduated in 1985 from the University of Benin with a degree in Law.
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Ovie Omo-Agege was called to the Nigerian bar in 1986.
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Ovie Omo-Agege was deployed to Kwara State for his National Youth Service Corps.
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Ovie Omo-Agege completed his NYSC with the Directorate of Criminal investigation and intelligence, Nigerian Police Force, Kwara State Command.
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Ovie Omo-Agege moved to the United States of America in 1990, where he worked as a foreign associate at Charles O Agege's law office in Los Angeles, California.
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Ovie Omo-Agege was called to the State Bar of California, United States District Court and the United States Supreme Court, Washington, DC.
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Ovie Omo-Agege started out in politics by contesting for the ticket to be a representative at the Delta State House of Representatives under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, a ticket he lost in the party primaries.
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Ovie Omo-Agege was later appointed as a commissioner for special duties by the governor.
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Ovie Omo-Agege ran for the office of the Governor of Delta State, but lost out at the People Democratic Party's primaries to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan.
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Ovie Omo-Agege was appointed as the Secretary to State Government of Delta State by Governor James Ibori in 2007.
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Ovie Omo-Agege ran for Senate in 2015 under the platform of the Labour Party.
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Ovie Omo-Agege was elected as a senator representing Delta central senatorial district on 28 March 2015.
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Ovie Omo-Agege defected from the Labour Party to All Progressive Congress on 7 March 2017.
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Ovie Omo-Agege was re-elected as the senator representing Delta Central in 2019 general elections.
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Ovie Omo-Agege is married to Rosemary Ovie Omo-Agege and they both have five children.
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In October 2022, Ovie Omo-Agege was conferred Nigerian national honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari.