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Yenagoa, Bayelsa state - Ogeibiri Orubebemi Enkumor, a former deputy chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state, on Friday, October 11, condemned the party leaders in Ekeremor local government area (LGA) for suspending Heineken Lokpobiri, minister of state for petroleum resources.

Legit.ng had reported that Lokpobiri was sanctioned for allegedly supporting the re-election bid of Douye Diri, the current governor of the state, in November 2023.

In the same vein, David Lyon, the governorship candidate of the APC in the 2019 election, was suspended alongside several others in their respective LGAs..

But reacting to the development via a statement obtained by Legit.ng, Enkumor "emphatically and unequivocally" stated that the purported suspensions are "entirely null and void".

According to Enkumor, particularly, the reported suspension of Lokpobiri "should be completely disregarded".

The statement partly reads:

“The honourable minister of state for petroleum resources (Oil) remains not only a bonafide member of our great party but also a well-respected leader within the party."The same can be said of Chief David Lyon as well as other chieftains listed in the suspension announced."

Source: Legit.ng