Armed policemen take over PDP national headquarters

Heavily armed policemen have taken over the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja.

This action, which was done on Sunday, was said to have been carried out by the police to prevent the breakdown of law and order at the secretariat.

A former Governor of Borno State, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, was removed by members of the party as the national chairman in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Saturday.

Sheriff  however described the action of those that removed him and members of the National Working Committee was a nullity.

He said all the actions taken at the party’s national convention which he had postponed were null and void.

However, our correspondent gathered that the policemen were drafted to the secretariat to prevent Sheriff and some members of his sacked NWC from gaining entrance to the secretariat.

Sheriff had said that the emergency meeting of his NWC, was going to hold at the secretariat on Sunday (today).

The stern-looking riot policemen have however taken strategic positions in and around the secretariat to prevent entrance to the compound.

More than 30 armed policemen, who were led by an acting assistant superintendent of policemen,  prevented journalists from gaining entrance of coming close to the building.