{"id":3077,"date":"2020-03-04T14:28:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.outlookmedia.com.ng\/blog\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2020-03-04T14:28:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T14:28:35","slug":"in-nigeria-today-fct-court-suspends-oshiomhole-as-apc-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outlookmedia.com.ng\/blog\/2020\/03\/04\/in-nigeria-today-fct-court-suspends-oshiomhole-as-apc-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"In Nigeria Today: FCT court suspends Oshiomhole as APC chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Justice Danlami Senchi of a Federal  High Court sitting at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday suspended Adams Oshiomhole as national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge  gave the order  following an application of interlocutory injunction filed by one Oluwale Afolabi seeking the removal of Oshiomhole as APC national chairman.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201dOshiomhole will remain suspended pending the determination of the suit\u201d, the judge held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senchi also said it was wrong of the APC to have kept Oshiomhole as chairman after he was suspended by his state chapter of the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last November, the Edo chapter of the APC suspended Oshiomhole, who has been at daggers drawn with Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge said Oshiomhole should not be granted access to the national secretariat of the party in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his application, Afolabi argued that Oshiomhole did not challenged the decision of the party to suspend him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The applicant also said Oshiomhole should not enjoy the benefits of a member of the party since he has been suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In January, Mustapha Salihu, APC national vice national north-east, said Oshiomhole should not be regarded as APC national chairman since he was suspended by his state chapter of the party.<\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salihu said this while speaking with journalists at the end of the national working committee meeting of the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am here just to give you a brief of what transpired just now; the illegality that just transpired now. This has been prevalent in this party since Adams Oshiomhole took over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe also want to follow up with the suspension of the national chairman, to know the status, whether or not, as we speak, he is fit to be a national chairman or whether that court order is still subsisting which before the end of today, I will let you know. I will find out if there is any court order that vacates it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf there is no court that vacates it, I will produce the subsisting court order for you for publication and will write to INEC, the DSS, he should not be recognised as the national chairman.\u201d(Outlook media) <\/p>\n\n\n\n