Edo APC demands reversal of Obende appointment

By DADA AYOKHAI
The Edo state chapter of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) has demanded   the  reversal of  the appointment of Senator Domingo Obende as the chairman of the party revalidation and  registration exercise   in Niger  state.

The Edo APC demands was contained in a  petition to the National Secretariat of the party

Senator Domingo Obende from Akoko Edo in Edo north    represented  Edo north district at the National Assembly between 2011_ 2015.
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It was alleged that the senator worked against the APC candidate in the last Edo gubernatorial  election  which the PDP won.

In a statement signed by Col David Imuse, Rtd,  Chairman, Caretaker Committee ,APC, Edo state   said the petition became necessary because, "Obende's appointment is causing a lot of ripples in Edo State.

According to col Imuse, Senator Domingo Obende has since June last year ceased to be a member of the  party in Akoko-Edo local government area of the state"

The statement read in part:
"For anti-party activities which were clearly aimed at bringing the APC into hatred and disunity amongst members and disorganization of the APC party structure in ward 2 in favour of the PDP, Obende was duly supended from the party by the Executive members of his ward in 2020. 

"We are not aware that Mr Obende's suspension has  been lifted, and that is obviously because he refused to purge himself of his gross involvement in anti-party activities especially his continuous encouragement of factionalization of the APC in ward 2 of Akoko Local Government Area of Edo State.

"Rather, Senator Obende got all his supporters in his Akoko-Edo LGA to decamp to PDP in 2020. Even the money for the governorship election brought by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP  for the election in his local government area was disbursed in his residence at Igarra.

"The fact is Obende has since ceased to be a member of APC. Most of our party leaders and faithfuls in Edo State are threatening to jeopardize the forthcoming registration exercise and exit the party en mass if disloyalty is now the hallmark of recognition in the APC . 

"It is for the interest of our party, that Domingo Obende's appointment be reversed.  The morale of our members right now is at it's lowest ebb.  If Mr. Obende wants to revalidate his membership of the APC, he can do so in his unit during the forthcoming registration exercise".

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