Admin l Monday, December 16, 2019
BENIN, Edo, Nigeria – The All Progressive Congress(APC) Edo State chapter has explained the reason the party decided to suspend National Chairman of the party, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole.
Addressing a crowded press conference in Edo State, Chairman of the party, Mr. Anselm Ojezua said suspension of the national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is based on President Muhammadu Buhari’s admonition that any member who is not relevant in his ward, local government area and state cannot hold office at the national level.
Ojezua traced the genesis of the crisis rocking the party to the conduct of primaries ahead of the last general elections, where Oshiomhole unilaterally and arbitrarily cancelled the primaries conducted by the leadership of the party in the state.
According to him, if Edo APC did not comply with the directive to conduct fresh primaries, Edo would have been exposed to what befell Zamfara and other states.
He said that events in Edo State so far have shown that there had been a grand plan to falsely create the impression of a crisis of leadership within the party in the state and that the plans were executed under the directive of Oshiomhole and executed through his acclaimed ‘infantry division’.
“In any case, having been placed on suspension as member of the party, Oshiomhole has lost the legitimacy to act in any capacity in the party.
“We draw particular attention to Article 21 of the APC constitution 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.
“We are guided by the admonition of President Buhari who has consistently maintained that we must live up to the tenets and provisions of the constitution of the APC.
“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. What Oshiomhole has with him is a third rate army. That was the deficiency he meant to fill when he invited mercenary group to invade our party. I am happy our members resisted them.
“We are ready for the elections. Obaseki has done so much to justify the confidence the citizens reposed in him. It is the goodwill and prayers of the people. We will have success at the elections,” Ojezua said.
