By Uche Mbah
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has pledged to abide by the Court judgement that suspended Adams Oshiomhole, The erstwhile Chairman of the Party, with the party saying that the party will meet to deliberate on the issue.
Recall that Hon. Justice Senchi Z. Danlami of Abuja High Court gave an order of interlocutory injunction restraining Comrade Adams Oshiomhole from parading himself as the National Chairman of the APC, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suite. With this, the erstwhile Labor leader appeared to have lost the Battle of Edo state, a situation that was celebrated by the APC Edo state.
“Today is a great day for us in the party. The Abuja High Court has just asked the national chairman of the party to step aside. I believed this will further create the atmosphere for peace in the state. This has further shown to us that no man is God,” said Godwin Obaseki, the Edo state governor during a rally in the state.
But the acting National Secretary of the party, Mr Victor Giadom, while addressing a news conference at the APC headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital, stating that the National Working Committee of the Party will have to meet to deliberate on the issue just as stern faced security operatives have taken over the Party secretariat to “prevent the breakdown of Law and Order”, according to security sources.
Rumors have been rife on the reason for the Presidency have turned its back on the former Labor leader, with some party chieftains claiming that his nursing ambition for 2023 presidency may have been his Achilles heel, which put him at opposing ends with the strong man of Bourdillion, Bola Tinubu, who many fingered as being behind his travails.
Meanwhile, the APC has rejigged their offices with the appointments of new people into leadership positions.
According to a release by the party, this was necessitated by the resignation of some officers who went ahead to contest elective positions.
“The National Working Committee (NWC) of All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved the nomination of Arch. Waziri Bulama as the Party’s Acting National Secretary. The decision was reached on January 14, 2020 during the meeting of the NWC at the party’s National Secretariat”, the release said.
