The crisis rocking the ruling All Progressive Congress in Edo
took a new dimension on Friday with the suspension of the state
party Secretary, Mr. Lawrence Okah.
The state party chairman, Anslem Ojezua, who confirmed it to our
Correspondent, said Okah was suspended to allow the committee set
up to investigate the allegation against him do its job.
He, however, said the suspension was not a punitive measure but
a normal administrative procedure of the party.
“He was just suspended to allow the committee set up to look at
the complaints against him. We have not expelled him, no it is not
like that. The suspension is not punitive it is just a normal
administrative procedure,” he said.
It may be recalled that Governor Godwin Obaseki had vowed to
flush out of the party those considered as “dissidents.”
Obaseki, speaking at the inauguration of the board of Edo
Development and Property Authority, praised members of Edo APC that
had remained faithful to the party in the state, while vowing to
flush out any “dissident APC member” in the state.
“I want to thank those APC members that have remained
committed.
“You know we have not wasted government money. We are
progressives because we want to make tomorrow better for our
children.
“Many have derailed. We thank God they have derailed because
their hearts were not pure.
“We will flush them out. We own the land. We determine who our
leader will be. Nobody can come here and impose on us who we don’t
want,” he said.
The APC chairman also said in a separate interview with our
Correspondent that the party will not allow any parallel group,
saying such group is “cancerous.”
“Anybody that is organising a parallel group in the party will
have to contend with us.
“There is no better way to destroy a party than to encourage
fractions.
“That one we have zero tolerance for and the [party]
constitution provides very expressly that it is not acceptable and
we will deal with it,” he said.
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NAF Air Personnel
VIDEO: NAF Deploys Ground Attack Aircraft Against Boko
Haram Rendezvous
Video: https://youtu.be/7BXJiIKMjMY
The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has
obliterated a Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) meeting venue and
neutralized several of their fighters at Ngoske on the fringes of
the Sambisa Forest in Borno State.
The attack was executed today, 18 October 2019, following
successive days of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
(ISR) missions, which were aimed at identifying locations housing
the BHTs’ leadership as well as their rendezvous positions.
Intelligence derived from the ISR missions led to the
designation of 2 buildings within Ngoske that served as assembly
areas for the terrorists from where they launch attacks against own
troops positions and innocent civilians.
Accordingly, the ATF detailed its ground attack aircraft to
engage the hideout, scoring devastatingly accurate hits which led
to the complete destruction of the 2 buildings as well as the
neutralization of several terrorists.
The NAF, operating in concert with surface forces, will sustain
its efforts to completely destroy all remnants of the terrorists in
the Northeast.
IBIKUNLE DARAMOLA
Air Commodore
Director of Public Relations and Information
Nigerian Air Force