Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday sealed off the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Wadata Plaza in Abuja.
The development comes a day after a violent confrontation erupted between two rival factions of the party, leading to chaos in the area. The clash, which saw opposing supporters engage in a heated face-off, forced security personnel to fire teargas to disperse the crowd and restore order.
Recall that the Saminu Turaki-led faction clashed with members loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike at the main opposition party’s national secretariat.
During the confrontation, Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State were reportedly teargassed.
Later, the factional National Executive Committee (NEC) loyal to Wike ratified the expulsion of Governors Makinde, Mohammed and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara States alongside a former Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Adolphus Wabara; former National Vice Chairman, Chief Bode George, and newly elected National Chairman, Turaki, SAN.
The decision came in the wake of last Saturday’s PDP national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, where Wike and ten others, including former governors, serving lawmakers, and key party figures, were suspended over alleged anti-party activities.
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