The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has been suspended as the Party national chairman.
These were disclosed after the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday declared his suspension.
The appellate court approved the decision of the Federal Capital Territory High Court delivered by Justice Danlami Senchi which in March authorized the suspension of Oshiomhole as well as restricting him from parading himself as the National Chairman of the party.
The court also withdrew his rights and privileges including his security details.
During the undisputed judgment in the first appeal delivered by Justice Eunice Onyemanam, the court held that the FCT high court had territorial jurisdiction to have engaged the suit as it did.
The appeal court also predicated its decision based on the ground that Comrade Oshiomhole as the first appellant resides in Abuja while the APC also has its national headquarters in the capital city.
While the judgment on the second appeal delivered by Justice Mohammed Lamido disagreed with Comrade Oshiomhole that their right to a fair hearing was breached by the trial court.
Justice Lamido also said that there was no basis for the two appellants to hold that they were denied fair hearing during proceedings at the FCT high court.
Stating that Comrade Oshiomhole suspension from the Ward 10 of Etsako local government of Edo state was ratified at the ward, local and state government level as required by law and the identity of those who suspended him was not in doubt because in their unchallenged affidavit they made it clear that they were party members and officers of the party, therefore the appeal lacks merit.
Meanwhile, the court rejected the appellant filed by Comrade Adams and that of the APC.
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