Edo APC Suspends National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole

The crisis rocking the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) is unlikely to end soon as the state’s chapter of the party has suspended it’s national chairman,  Adams Oshiomhole.

The Edo APC suspended Oshiomhole after a vote of no confidence was passed on him by chairmen of the party in 18 local government areas of the state.

The party announced the suspension in a statement jointly signed by the state’s APC Chairman, Anselm Ojezua, and Assistant Secretary, Ikuenobe Anthony, in Edo.

 They accused Oshiomhole of having a hand in the crisis rocking the party in the state.

“Consequent on the development, the State Executive Committee has adopted the vote of no confidence passed on him and the subsisting suspension order from the organs of the party in the state.

“The vote of no confidence on Oshiomhole and the suspension are the fallout of his role in trying to disintegrate the party in Edo State,” it said.

The chairmen said the move was to prevent a repeat of what happened in Zamfara State, where the APC was unable to field any candidate in 2019 general elections.

“Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is the one behind the crisis in Edo APC. We have passed a vote of no confidence in him and he stands suspended from the party.

“We don’t want what happened in Zamfara State or other parts of the country to happen in Edo State.”

Meanwhile, another statement jointly signed by Etsako West Chairman, Ibrahim Akokia, as well as his Etsako Central and Owan West counterparts, Suleiman Bagudu and Lugard Alukpe respectively, purports  the 18 LGA chairmen as distancing themselves from Oshiomhole’s suspension.