Yesterday in the aftermath of a very eventful national convention for opposition party, PDP, Police officers reportedly ordered by the IG of Police Solomon Arase went on to seal the Abuja offices of the PDP.
This came after security fears arose over the reported fissure in the party which led to parallel conventions being held in Port Harcourt and Abuja.
The policemen arrived in trucks and impeded all human and vehicular traffic in or out of the premises.
The offices were closed to all including Ali modu Sheriff who has been protesting his sack as chairman of the party.
Sheriff has gone on record to say that he is still party chairman and any ouster was unconstitutional and void.
Sheriff was ousted and in his place a caretaker committee was set up made up of Senator Ahmed Makarfi as interim national chairman, Senator Ben Obi (secretary), Senator Ugbesia (member), Senator Abdul Ningi (Member), Mr. Dayo Adeyeye (member), Aisha Aliyu (member), Mr. Usman (member).
According to Thisday, Sheriff’s camp have fought back with his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Inua Bwala stating that Sheriff was going nowhere. He said
“The NWC is meeting today, some of these governors are backing out and some major stakeholders in NEC and BoT have rejected what happened in Port Harcourt.
“They are all heading to Sheriff’s house for a meeting. As far as we are concerned, what happened in Port Harcourt was a foiled coup.”
He added “The NWC and other leaders of the party are currently in a meeting with Sheriff and at the end of the meeting they are likely going to come up with a solution on the way forward and based on that the party may after due consideration of all the court cases decide on a new date to proceed with a new convention.”