The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its Secretary, Mr Lawrence Okah.
Okah’s suspension was contained in a letter by Mr Anselm Ojezua, the state Chairman of the party in Benin on Friday.
According to Ojezua, the secretary was suspended, following complaints by members of the party in Oredo Local Government Area where the secretary was a leader.
He also explained that the suspension was not a punitive measure, but purely an administrative one to allow investigation to be carried out into the complaints.
“He was just suspended to allow the committee set up to look at the complaints against him.
“We have not expelled him and the suspension is not punitive. It is just a normal administrative procedure,” he said.
When contacted, Okah confirmed the suspension, but said that the state chairman, going by the party’s constitution, had no power to suspend him.
Leaders and members of APC in Ward 7 Oredo have been locked in fierce supremacy battle over the control of the party structure.
Governor Godwin Obaseki belongs to the ward.
