In a bid to forestall possible breakdown of law and order, the police have taken over the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Wadata Plaza, Abuja.
The ongoing crisis rocking the party deepened on Sunday evening, as two principal figures, Samuel Anyanwu, the embattled national secretary and Taofeek Arapaja, the deputy national chairman south, issued separate notices inviting party stakeholders to national caucus and National Executive Committee (NEC) meetings respectively.
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Anyanwu had issued his notice earlier in the day, calling on party stakeholders to attend expanded special national caucus meeting of the party, on Monday, June 30 (today).
The notice was countered by Arapaja, who urged the party members to ignore Anyanwu’s statement,insisting that the 100th NEC meeting earlier scheduled for today (Monday, June 30) must hold.
It was not immediately clear who invited the Police, but BusinessDay gathered that the mobile squad took over the party secretariat located at Wuse Zone 5, as early as 5 am.
The party’s gates have been shut to prevent people from accessing the place, except for regular staff with provable means of identification.
