Edo ACN suspends Commissioner

BENIN — THE leadership of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State, has suspended Mrs. Inimidun Idehen, the state Commissioner for Women Affairs, for what it described as anti-party activities and making “unwarranted, distasteful and destructive” comment  about the party in the media.
Mrs. Idehen, in her reaction, said those who claimed they suspended her do not have the powers to do so, adding she had not been involved in any activity that would underline the growth of the party in the area.
She said those who claimed to have suspended her from the party were those who had constantly engaged in falsehood to discredit Governor Adams Oshiomhole and the leadership of the party in Owan West council.
In the suspension letter sent to the state ACN chairman by all the ward executives led by Mr. Peter Eguaboi, who is the party council chairman, they said their action was based on Section 9 (1), (2) ,(3) and (4) of ACN constitution.
The notice of suspension which was presented to the state party secretary when the party faithful from Owan West led by Eguaboi stormed the party state secretariat along Airport Road, Benin City on a protest, said that Mrs. Idehen deserved the suspension because of all she had done against Governor Oshiomhole and the party in Owan West.
The party alleged that while on a visit to the traditional ruler in Ozalla recently, she was quoted as saying that the Governor Oshiomhole personally told her that “leaders in Owan West (ACN) are liars” and that based on the presumed submission of the governor, she claimed that she had been  given marching orders by the Governor to “go and organise Owan West.”