The All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo State Chapter has suspended national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole.
Oshiomhole was suspended on Tuesday over his role in the crisis rocking the state chapter.
The Edo APC also on Tuesday removed Lawrence Okah as state secretary of the party.
APC chairmen in the 18 local government areas in the state passed a vote of no confidence on Oshiomhole.
“Consequent on the development, the state executive committee has adopted the vote of no confidence passed on him and the subsisting suspension order from the organs of the party in the state,”a statement signed by Edo APC chairman, Anselm Ojezua, and assistant secretary, Ikuenobe Anthony, said.
The state Party leaders said the decision was necessary to prevent a repeat of what happened in Zamfara State, where the APC was unable to field any candidate in elections.
The statement added: “Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is the one behind the crisis in Edo APC. We have passed a vote of no confidence in him and he stands suspended from the party.
“We don’t want what happened in Zamfara State or other parts of the country to happen in Edo Stat.”
Meanwhile, the Party passed a vote of confidence on Ojezua.