APC Crisis Deepens As Acting Chair, Giadom, Sacks Oshiomhole’s Planted Ajimobi, Annuls Edo Primary

The leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday took a worsen dimension as Deputy National Secretary of the party, Victor Giadom on resumption of duty sacked Senator Abiola Ajimobi reportedly planted by embattled former chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

Giadom also cancelled all recent action took by Oshiomhole, particularly the Edo State governorship primary screening in which Governor Godwin Obaseki was disqualified resulting in his resignation from the party alongside his deputy, Phillip Shaibu.

Giadom is the party’s Deputy National Secretary and highest ranking official following the ruling of the Court of Appeal which upheld Oshiomhole’s suspension and declared all his actions since his suspension null and void.

BIGPEN recalls that the APC National Working Committee (NWC) had named Deputy National Chairman (South) and former Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, as the interim national chairman following the Court of Appeal’s upholding of the suspension of the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

But Giadom swiftly rejected Ajimoi’s appointment in a late last night statement signed by his Counsel, Chief Wole Afolabi:

The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a Statement purportedly issued by the Publicity Secretary of the APC to the effect that Senator Abiola Ajumobi is to act as the National Chairman of APC following the suspension from office of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by the Court of Appeal.

“We wish to state that the statement must have been issued in complete ignorance of the order of the FCT High Court issued on 16th of March, 2020, by Hon. Justice S.U Bature in Suit No. FCT/HC/M/6447/2020 to the effect that Chief Victor Giadom is to act as the National Chairman of the party due to the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman.

“The order was given the same day that the Court of Appeal earlier gave Oshiomhole a temporary respite by staying the execution of the said order suspending Oshiomhole. Now that the Court of Appeal has affirmed the order of suspension, it is only proper that the Order recognizing Chief Victor Giadom is implemented.

“Consequently, we have written to all law-enforcement agencies to implement the said order and any one who attempts to parade himself/herself other than Chief Victor Giadom as the Acting Chairman of the APC would be facing contempt of court proceedings.”