A Daily Trust publications has
indicated that Adams Oshiomhole was on Wednesday, March 4, suspended as the
national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), by a Federal
Capital Territory high court in Jabi.
Justice Danlami Senchi presiding over the matter ordered Oshiomhole to step
down pending the determination of the substantive suit seeking his removal as
the APC chairman.
This ruling is coming after the Edo
state chapter of the ruling party suspended him as a member of the APC in the
state.
Oluwale Afolabi in his application dated and filed on Thursday, January 16,
named Oshiomhole as the first respondent, while the APC is the second
respondent.
Afolabi went on to note that Oshiomhole who is currently suspended by the
party has not challenged the suspension and cannot continue to function as the
party’s chairman.
The court ordered Oshiomhole to stop parading himself as the chairman of
the party and advised the ruling party to stop acknowledging him as the APC
chairman.
APC was also asked by the court not
to grant the former Edo state governor access to the party’s secretariat.
