The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), has asked the National Caretaker Committee led by Yobe State Governor,Mai Mala Buni to uphold the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole, former National Chairman as a prerequisite for the progress of the party in the state.
In a statement in Benin City on Friday, signed by the chairman, Anselm Ojezua and secretary,Ose Udiamen Edekere, the Edo APC said that the decision was part of the communique issued at the end of the party’s State Exercutive Commitee,(SEC) meeting held on September 24,2020, to review the outcome of the gubernatorial election which held on the 19th of September,2020 where the major factors which led to the failure of the party to retain its prime position in Edo State were discussed.
The statement identified factors responsible for the party’s failure at the polls to include, “The crisis foisted on the Party by 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 Governor of Edo State.”
According to the party, the forced exit of the incumbent governor, Obaseki whom it identified as the most valuable asset of the party and whom all officers of the party had expressed preference as a consensus candidate as well as the poor choice of his replacement in Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu who already had a credibility problem in the state earlier created by Oshiomhole informed its call to uphold the suspension of the former chairman.
Another reason it gave was that the Candidate of the party had total disregard and respect for the party by putting Oshiomhole in charge of his campaign as the defacto leader despite his suspension from the party.
