Complicated moment for APC as Appeal Court affirms Oshiomhole’s suspension

Equations in the All Progressives Congress leadership and adventures seem to have become complicated as the Court of Appeal in Abuja has reinstated his suspension as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.

Already, pundits have been asking questions concerning who takes over the leadership as his Deputy, Abiola Ajimobi, is indisposed.

Questions are also hanging over the Edo governorship process he had been presiding over.

As ‘The Punch’ reported on Tuesday evening, a three-man panel of the court led by Justice Eunice Onyemanam, in a unanimous judgment, affirmed the order of suspension of the APC National Chairman earlier issued by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja on March 4, 2020.

“Following an application by Oshiomhole, an earlier three-man panel led by Justice Abubakar Yahaya had earlier lifted the Oshiomhole’s suspension pending the hearing of his appeal.

‘But the Justice Onyemanam-led panel, which earlier heard the appeal on Tuesday, dismissed the appeal for lacking in merit. Justice Mohammed Lamido who delivered the lead judgment said the lower court had rightly issued the order of suspension on March 4, 2020,” it added.

Incidentally, it was on the same Tuesday that Oshiomhole’s friend-turned-enemy, Godwin Obaseki, announced his departure from the party.

Although he is the governor, and was elected on the platform of the party, he was disqualified from recontesting a few days ago, by the APC screening panel where Oshiuomhole played a major role.

The panel said it found problems with the governor’s certificates.