By Mike Aladenika.
Consequent upon the abysmal performance of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the just concluded election in Edo state, the party has been thrown into the mainstream of suspension and expulsion of high ranking members and officials, an indication that the last of the crisis is yet to come.
The depth of the crisis is the recommendation for expulsion of a former member, House of Representatives, Dr Samson Osagie and others by the Uhunmwode chapter of the party while the suspension of yet another ranking politician from Egor LGA in Edo south Senatorial District, Barr. Henry Idahagbo is an icing of the party's troubled cake.
According to the report of the panel set up to investigate the level of alleged complicity or otherwise of the accused persons, which found Dr . Samson Osagie guilty of complicity, anti-party activity, among other alleged offences, said "Hon. Samson Osagie never participated in any of the APC's unit to unit LGA campaigns. He did not contribute a dime to our campaigns fundraising. He lost all the three Elections that were conducted on 25th Feb in his unit and ward by high margins.
Hon. Samson Osagie, two time member of the Edo State House of Assembly under the PDP and a two time member of the House of Representatives under the PDP and the ACN, a precursor to the APC, who later became an Executive Director of a federal government agency under the current APC government of Muhammadu Buhari.
The committee report also said "Some Party members from his ward told the Committee that this was not the first time Samson Osagie was sabotaging the party. That in the last governorship election where he was the DG Edo South Senatorial District, he also sold out the APC as the party lost his unit and ward.
But to Samson Osagie "these allegations were cooked up by some elements in the party who are desperate and hell bent on soiling my reputation which i have built over the years through my examplary service to the nation,the state ,my local government and the All Progressives Congress.
Hon Samson Osagie in a telephone interview with SPARKNEWSNAIJA said "I got an invite to appear before the panel set up to investigate the allegations against me and some others.
"As a true party man who has served, contributed and benefited from the party, I made my appearances via legitimate and acceptable modus to the committee, made very strong defence against the baseless allegations through written submissions which the Committee chose to disregard.
"My reply was that the allegations against me were duly answered and all denied but the committees abandoned my response to the allegations and make their unjust and unfair recommendations even when they have no congent and verifiable evidences to substantiate the allegations. That was the height of persecution
"The conclusion in my response to the allegations shows clearly that the committee acted with bias as the recommendations shows that they were accusers ,prosecutors and judges in the same matter. This is not acceptable in any civilised society. And to note that a Professor of Medicine and a Lawyer presided over the committee with such an invidious outcome is the height of wickedness and incivility"
Hon Samson Osagie further said "I had no doubt in my mind that their report will not be different from what they have made.
Indeed they were working from answers to questions to satisfy the bid of their pay masters.
"Unfortunately,the entire charade falls short of the Constitutional requirements for discipline in Article 21 of the APC Constitution. Their recommendations can never stand any legal scrutiny ", he said.
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