The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has appealed the Abuja High Court’s ruling which ordered his suspension and directed his party to deny him access to national secretariat of the APC.
Oshiomhole was suspended on Wednesday following an application filed by Mr. Oluwale Afolabi in January before Justice Danlami Senchi.
Afolabi’s interlocutory injunction application challenged Oshiomhole’s continued right to parade himself as the party’s national chairman after his initial suspension by his primary ward in Edo State.
In the appeal documents, Oshiomhole challenged the court ruling that suspended him.
According to Premium Times, the defendant in the case included the deputy chairman of the APC (northeast), Mr. Mustapha Salihu.
Salihu, yesterday hailed the High Court’s decision to suspend the party’s chairman.
He accused Oshiomhole of imposing his will on members of the party’s national working committee.
Another defendant is the Edo State chapter chairman of the party, Mr. Anselm Ojezua, who is a loyalist of the governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.
Others are Messrs Sani Gomna, Oshawo Steven, Fani Wabulari, Princewill Ejogbarado, the inspector general of police, and the State Security Service (SSS)
It was not clear when the appeal will be heard.
It would be recalled that Oshiomhole’s suspension came amidst a power tussle between him and his successor, Obaseki.
The tussle has created factions within the ruling party in the state and continues to threaten the party’s unity at the national level.
Some party leaders have also criticised Oshiomhole’s leadership style, blaming it for the APC’s defeat in some states during the last general elections.
