Controversy as Police Seal Off PDP National Secretariat in Abuja...Find Out Why!

 

The Nigerian Police have sealed off the Wadata Plaza national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja  following Saturday’s parallel national convention that saw the party divided.

 

It was reported that the police cordoned off one of the traffic lanes leading into the complex, while those who had been on ground providing security were all replaced.

 

The PDP is currently enmeshed in a leadership crisis which culminated in two parallel conventions in Abuja and Port Harcourt on Saturday. The conventions produced three sets of leaders.

 

While the party’s national officers led by former Borno Governor, Ali Sheriff, were sacked and an interim team announced in Port Harcourt, the Abuja convention appointed a former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, as acting national chairman.

 

The convention in Port Harcourt appointed former Kaduna Governor, Ahmed Makarfi, as chairman and a former senator, Ben Obi, as National Secretary.

 

Meanwhile, Ali Modu Sheriff who failed in his bid to stop the convention, maintained that he was still the chairman of the PDP, and he described resolutions at the convention as a nullity.

 

The coordinator of the PDP governors’ forum, Osaro Onaiwu, who visited the secretariat on Sunday, told journalists, that the police might have received information that the Modu Sheriff faction intended to hold a meeting there, as well as to prevent a break down of order in the event of a clash between the rival factions.