Operatives of the Nigeria Police on Wednesday sealed the National Secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at Wadata Plaza, Abuja.
The closure followed a violent clash between two party factions on Tuesday, which saw the use of teargas against opposing supporters.
The Saminu Turaki-led faction reportedly confronted members loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, at the party’s national secretariat.
During the confrontation, Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State were reportedly teargassed.
Following the altercation, the factional National Executive Committee (NEC) loyal to Wike ratified the expulsion of Governors Makinde, Mohammed, and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, alongside former PDP Board of Trustees Chairman Senator Adolphus Wabara, former National Vice Chairman Chief Bode George, and newly elected National Chairman Turaki, SAN.
The expulsions followed last Saturday’s PDP national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, which suspended Wike and ten others, including former governors, serving lawmakers, and key party figures, over alleged anti-party activities.
The Ibadan convention accused Wike’s faction of attempting to “destabilise the party structure” ahead of a planned nationwide reorganisation.
On Tuesday, both factions convened parallel NEC and Board of Trustees meetings at the PDP National Secretariat, resulting in chaos and heavy commotion as security operatives struggled to separate supporters from both camps.
