The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State has suspended the national chairman of the party, Comr. Adams Oshiomhole.

Mr Oshiomhole’s suspension was as a result of vote of no confidence passed on him by 18 chairmen of the local chapters of the party in the state.

The local leaders reportedly blamed Mr Oshiomhole for the crisis that has rocked the party in the state.

A statement released by Government House, Benin reads: “Consequent on the development, the State Executive Committee has adopted the vote of no confidence passed on him and the subsisting suspension order from the organs of the party in the state”

“Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is the one behind the crisis in Edo APC. We have passed a vote of no confidence on him and he stands suspended from the party.

“We don’t want what happened in Zamfara State or other parts of the country to happen in Edo State,” the Government House statement quoted the Edo APC chairman, Anselm Ojezua, and the party’s assistant state secretary, Ikuenobe Anthony, to had said in a statement

This development may not be unconnected with the crisis between the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, and Mr Oshiomhole.