Crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the police have sealed off the
party’s national headquarters in the federal capital territory, Abuja.
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.