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

In a statement obtained by 9news Nigeria, released by the Government House, Benin, said the APC in the state suspended Mr Oshiomhole following a vote of no confidence passed on him by 18 chairmen of the local chapters of the party in the state.

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

The statement 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,” the Government House statement quoted the Edo APC chairman, Anselm Ojezua, and the party’s assistant state secretary, Ikuenobe Anthony, to have said in a statement.

“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.