The state party Chairman Barrister Anslem Ojezua who confirmed it to Weekend Punch said he was suspended to allow the committee set up to investigate the allegation against him from his local government.

He however said the suspension of Okah is not a punitive measure but a normal administrative procedure of the party.

He was just suspended to allow the committee set up to look at the complaints against him. We have not expelled him, no it is not like that. The suspension is not punitive it is just a normal administrative procedure,” he said.

Recalled that Governor Godwin Obaseki had vowed to flush out those considered as dissidents from the party.

Obaseki speaking at the inauguration of the board of Edo Development and Property Authority praised members of Edo APC that has remained faithful to the party in the state but vowed to flush out any dissident APC member in the state.

“I want to thank those APC members that have remained committed. You know we have not wasted government money. We are progressives because we want to make tomorrow better for our children. Many have derailed. We thank God they have derailed because their hearts were not pure.

“We will flush them out. We own the land. We determine who our leader will be. Nobody can come here and impose on us who we don’t want,” he said.

The APC Chairman also said in a separate interview with Weekend Punch that the party will not allow any parallel group saying that such group is cancerous.

“Anybody that is organising a parallel group in the party will have to contend with us. There is no better way to destroy a party than to encourage fractionalization. That one we have zero tolerance for and the constitution provides very expressly that it is not acceptable and we will deal with it,” he said