APC chairman, Oshiomhole suspended
Justice Danlami Senchi of an Abuja High Court sitting in
Jabi, has suspended Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
The suspension order, according to the judge, is to subsist
till the final determination of the substantive suit seeking the removal of the
former Edo State governor as APC national chair. The suit was brought before
the court by some APC members from Edo State, predicating it on Oshiomhole’s
suspension by the party in his ward in his home state.
In the suit filed by one Mr Oluwale Afolabi, the petitioners
maintained that Mr Oshiomhole’s rights as an APC member is currently abated and
he cannot continue to act as chairman of the party. They argued that Oshiomhole
cannot continue to enjoy benefits from the APC, despite his suspension as a
member of the party.
In his ruling, Justice Senchi held that the party wrongfully
kept Oshiomhole as the national chairman of the party despite his suspension
from his ward. The judge ordered that Mr
Oshiomole should stop parading himself as the chairman of the APC.
He urged the APC to desist from acknowledging him as the
chairman of the party and that the party must not to grant Oshiomhole access to
the party secretariat.
Recall that Oshiomole and the state governor, Godwin
Obaseki, have been at loggerheads over who is to dictate the affairs of the
party in the state. The political difference between both men have led to
different acts of violence in the state.
Oshiomole emerged chairman of the ruling party in June 2018.
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