A faction of the Edo state
chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Adams Oshiomhole, national
chairman of the party, lacks moral authority to lead the party and should
resign.
Speaking at a conference at the
APC secretariat in Benin, Anselm Ojezua, the state chairman of the party,
chronicled the role Oshiomhole played in the crisis in the state.
He accused Oshiomhole of being
the cause of the party’s problems, adding that Edo APC started having issues
during the conduct of the 2018 primaries held for elective offices in the
state.
He accused Oshiomhole of planning
to force “a regime change on the party in defiance of democratic norms”.
He said the party also received
reports of anti-party activities by “individuals closely linked to Oshiomhole”
who were peddling rumours that Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state, was a
political burden.
He said the state chapter of the
party has come to the conclusion that Oshiomhole lacks the capacity,
temperament and moral authority to lead the party.
“It is clear that there had all
along been a grand plan to falsely create the impression of a crisis of
leadership within the party in the State and these plans were hatched and
executed under the directive of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and executed through
his acclaimed ‘infantry division’, “he said.
“In any case, having been placed
on suspension as a member of the party, he has lost the legitimacy to act in
any capacity in the party.
“We draw particular attention to
article 21 of the constitution of the party which relates to discipline of
party members and the powers of respective organs of the party to take
disciplinary actions against members.
“In the circumstances, any action
taken in the capacity of national chairman including documents he signs and
meetings he presides over may well be futile as his membership is already
compromised.
” In particular, we are guided by
the admonition of President Muhammadu Buhari who has consistently maintained
that we must live up to the tenets and provisions of the constitution of the
All Progressives Congress.
“Mr. President has also
maintained, quite rightly, that anybody who is not relevant in his ward, local
government area and state cannot hold office at the national level.
“We therefore urge Comrade Adams
Oshiomhole to do the honourable thing and resign or be precluded from
functioning in office while his suspension subsists.”
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