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The Appeal Court, suiting in Abuja, Tuesday, affirmed the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The three-man panel held the trial court was right to have made the suspension order based on ex-parte application brought against him by five members of the party. Oshiomhole was suspended on March 4, 2020, following an ex-parte application filed by the deputy chairman of the party (North-East), Mustapha Salihu, and five others through their lawyer, Oluwole Afolabi, in January before Justice Danlami Senchi In a unanimous judgment, Tuesday night, in the first appeal delivered by Justice Eunice Onyemanam, the court held that the FCT High Court had territorial jurisdiction to have entertained the suit as it did and ordered Oshiomhole to stop  parading himself as the national chairman of the party, until the determination of the substantive suit. Home LEAD STORY Appeal Court upholds suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as APC National Chairman

The Youth and Women wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo chapter, on Saturday, opposed the waiver  granted Governor Godwin Obaseki by the national leadership. The waiver enables Obaseki, who just defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), contest in the PDP primary on Tuesday. Obaseki was screened on Saturday. Under the auspices of PDP Youths for Justice, a statement by the coordinator, Musa Kadiri, warned the party leadership to reward loyalty instead of looking for opportunities. He noted that the three aspirants – Ken Imasuagbon, Gideon Ikhine and Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama – were capable of defeating any candidate the APC would present. NAN quoted Kadiri as warning that the PDP might witness implosion if Obaseki was given the ticket on a platter of gold. “We, the youths on ground in Edo know that the PDP has positioned itself to win the forthcoming gubernatorial election. We do not need Obaseki who is chased out of the APC based on questionable credentials”, h

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said it has approved that the party screening committee should continue the screening exercise for its aspirants for the Edo governorship election. Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), the PDP National Organising Secretary, who made this known on Friday, said the exercise would continue on Saturday, June 20 at the NWC Hall, Wadata Plaza, Abuja from 10 am prompt. “The committee is mandated to screen all aspirants for the upcoming 2020 governorship election in Edo.” Members of the screening committee include, Mr Kingsley Chinda as Chairman, Boyele Debekeme as Secretary, Chief Oladimeji Fabiyi, Sen. Mrs Joy Emordi, and Hajiya Aishat Hasindu as members