The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has changed the venue of the meeting of its Board of Trustees (BoT) over police siege on the opposition party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
The meeting was earlier scheduled to hold by 10am at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja when armed policemen took over the facility.
“The Meeting of the Board of Trustees (BoT) Meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) earlier scheduled to hold by 10am at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja has been moved to Yar’Adua Centre, Central Business District, Abuja,” the PDP stated on its official handle on X.
It faulted the takeover of its secretariat by armed policemen from the FCT Police Command.
The PDP described as harassment, the actions of the policemen who barred BoT members from accessing the secretariat for their meeting.
A former National Secretary of the PDP, Umar Tsauri, told Channels Television that the police stopped the BoT members, saying they are acting based on an “order from above”.
The displeased BoT members later left the secretariat amid tension over the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting also scheduled for Monday.
The FCT Police Command has said that policemen were drafted to the party’s secretariat to maintain law and order.
In a statement, FCT Police Spokesperson Josephine Adeh said, “Police officers were only deployed to the venue to maintain law and order and ensure public safety in line with their constitutional mandate. At no time was the Secretariat sealed off by the Police.”
