Oshiomhole’s office is on the line with several chieftains of the ruling party against his continued stay in the saddle culminating in the procurement of an interlocutory injunction suspending him. The injunction was later lifted by another court of concurrent jurisdiction.

Bello was rumoured to be in support of the National Chairman’s removal, a claim the Kogi governor rubbished in a statement his Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, released.

The statement reads in part: “Governor Yahaya Bello will never do anything that will disrupt the peace of APC.

“His interest has always been the peace and stability of the party.

“He is a true party man whose interest is the continued political relevance even beyond 2023.”