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The local government chairmen in Edo state have asked the national working committee of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC), to expel Governor Godwin Obaseki with immediate effect.
        The call came barely twenty-four hours after the purported suspension of the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, by its Edo state chapter. Channels TV reports that the 18 local government chairmen called for the sacking of Obaseki to enable peace reign in the state and to put a stop to the lingering crisis between him and Oshiomhole. It was gathered that the call was made on Tuesday, November 12, in a statement jointly signed by the chairman of the body and Etsako West, Ibrahim Akokia, and his counterparts from Etsako Central and Owan West, Suleiman Bagudu and Lugard Alukpe respectively. It would be recalled that the state leadership had explained in a statement issued earlier that Oshiomhole was suspended following the vote of no confidence passed on him by the APC local government chairmen. The chairmen, however, distanced themselves from the said suspension of the APC national chairman, saying the claim of passing a vote of no confidence on Oshiomhole was not true. On the contrary, they accused Governor Obaseki of harassment and intimidation, adding his actions could pull down the APC in the state. “He is on a mission to destroy APC in Edo state but we will resist it. We are the chairmen of the party in the 18 LGAs and we are not aware of the meeting where a vote of no confidence was passed on the national chairman of our party, Comrade Oshiomhole, who is doing very well. “Rather, we are aware that majority of the chairmen having suffered intimidation, harassment and assault in the hands of the Governor Godwin Obaseki led administration, what we have never seen in the politics of our dear state,” the statement read. The chairmen, thereafter, passed a vote of no confidence on Governor Obaseki and the embattled state chairman of the party, Anslem Ojezua. They alleged that both men have not only failed the party but the people of the state, adding that they have been involved in anti-party activities and lacked the moral rights to remain in the APC. “Oshiomhole remains our leader and we pass vote of confidence on his leadership. “It is sad that the governor and his cohorts are using money to induce our members but majority of them, we are happy, have resisted his moves to intimidate them,” the LG chairmen alleged.