The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has upheld the suspension of the State party chairman, Anslem Ojezua.
The decision was reached after 11 out of 16 members of the State Working Committee (SWC) passed a vote of no confidence on Ojezua, which further deepened the Edo APC crisis.
The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said that the state working committee had fulfilled the required conditions,
after it reviewed the process that led to Ojezua’s suspension.
The statement reads; “The meeting of the NWC, which held today, at the Party’s National Secretariat received a notification of the suspension of the Edo APC Chairman,
Anslem Ojezua by 11 of 16 members of the Edo Working Committee (SWC).
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“We have reviewed the process they followed and conclude that they have fulfilled the required conditions.
“We therefore uphold the suspension of the Edo APC Chairman, Anslem Ojezua while we await the outcome of the fact-finding and reconciliation committee,” Issa-Onilu said.
According to him, the NWC’s objective and cause of action is strictly to address the root causes of the disputations and reconcile all parties to make our great party even stronger.
The party’s spokesman said that the political development within the party ranks in Edo was deeply disturbed by the recent turn of events.
“We note that this is happening in spite of the various steps the party has taken to find an amicable resolution.
“We recall that party leaders such as the Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti and Chairman, Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF), Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi and other eminent party leaders, had all tried at various times to ensure that the issues do not escalate.
“Sadly, these interventions have not yielded the desirable results.
“However, the immediate concern of the NWC is how to ensure that unity returns to the ranks of the party in Edo.
“In achieving this, we have decided to constitute a high-power fact-finding and reconciliation committee of party leaders to meet with all disputing parties, to ensure that all issues are addressed and resolved,” he said.
Ojezua’s suspension is part of the fall out of the current lock-horn between the governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki and the National Chairman of the Party, Adams Oshiomole.
Shortly after the suspension of Ojezua, governor Obaseki reportedly summoned an emergency meeting of party leaders in the state after which the state Secretary of the APC, Lawrence Okah and Adams Oshiomole were suspended.
