The Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the National Caretaker Committee of the party, headed by Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state, to uphold the suspension of the former National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
Nigerian Tribune reports that the party, in a statement issued in Benin on Friday, 15 October, and signed by its secretary, Ose Udiamen Edekere, said that the decision was part of the communique issued at the end of its State Executive Committee (SEC) meeting held on 24 September.
The statement reads,“The crisis which was foisted on the party by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, with the formation of a parallel-group within the party called the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM) as a special purpose vehicle to take over control of the party in the state for the sole purpose of removing Godwin Obaseki from office as the governor of Edo state”.
“The forced exit of the incumbent governor who we had identified as the most valuable asset of the party in Edo state and for whom the entire officers of the party had expressed preference as a consensus candidate led to the defeat of the party.”
