The Executive Council of the Edo
State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has ratified the
suspension of the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,
from the party in the state.
The decision was reached at an
enlarged meeting of the council and other party chieftains with the state
governor, Godwin Obaseki, in Benin City, on Wednesday.
At the meeting, the leaders said
the suspension of Comrade Oshiomhole became necessary because the national
chairman has been deploying divisive tactics to cause disharmony in the party
in collaboration with the proscribed group, Edo Peoples Movement (EPM).
While addressing APC leaders from
the 18 Local Government Areas of the state, the State Chairman of the APC,
Anslem Ojezua Esq., traced the genesis of the crisis to the primary elections
in 2018.

He noted: “All these started
since the party primaries in 2018 when we conducted the primaries to nominate
candidates for the general elections held in 2019. It appeared that after that
elections, Edo APC didn’t know peace again.
“The issues were later aggravated
in April and May 2019 which culminated in the formation of the Edo Peoples
Movement (EPM), an infamous group we proscribed in our last meeting.”
Ojezua said the news of his
removal was shocking as the state working committee which purportedly removed
him didn’t have powers to do so.
The chieftain added: “Our
constitution has a provision to remove officers at the state level. It is only
the State Executive Committee that has the power to remove any officer.”
“Yesterday, 15 chairmen of the
APC chapters in the local councils and 23 out of the 35 members of the State
Executive Committee passed a vote of no confidence on the National Chairman,
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, while a vote of confidence was passed on my person.
“The APC Local council chairmen
have found out that Adams Oshiomhole is the one behind the crisis in Edo APC
and following the findings, lost confidence in the leadership of the national
chairman by passing a vote of no confidence on him.
“Considering the stand of these
chairmen and also based on the report from organs of the party, we affirmed the
suspension of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole from APC in Edo State.
“Three local government chairmen
of the APC were not in attendance at the meeting held on Tuesday. They are the
chairmen of the party in Owan West, Etsako West and Etsako Central LGAs. I have
letters informing me of their suspension and in that regard the Vice Chairmen
are to act until those positions are filled.”
In his remarks, Obaseki explained
that he is not happy with the recent political developments in the state,
especially the disruptions from a once-trusted leader who has thrown caution to
the wind to cause disaffection among APC members in the state.
The governor said when he first
met Oshiomhole 12 years ago, they shared a common interest in salvaging Edo
State but all that has changed in recent times.
“I am not an ungrateful person.
No one made me governor. I became governor by God’s grace, with the support of
many other people. If God had said I would not be governor, no way would I have
been a governor. It is wrong for someone to say he made me governor.
“No one gave me money. The funds
Oshiomhole initially raised for his governorship ambition was raised by me in
Lagos. If I can raise money for him for his election, why would I not be able
to raise money for my own election.”
The governor said the national
chairman was not truthful about comments on his administration.
“If you came into power on some
basic principles, do not expect to change those principles because you have
certain ambition. If you came to power believing no man is God, then the day
you start to play God, you will get the consequences.”
A leader of the APC in Ovia
South-West LGA, Hon. Samuel Ekeneza, who moved the motion for the ratification
of the suspension of Comrade Oshiomhole, said that the party remains supreme as
no individual is bigger than the political party.
The motion for the ratification was
supported by a leader of the APC in Esan Central LGA, Mr Osediamen Oriaifoh.
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