Wednesday, November 19, 2025 - Men of the Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday, November 19, sealed the National Secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at Wadata Plaza, Abuja.
The closure followed a violent face-off between two
factions, resulting in firing of teargas at opposing supporters of the party on
Tuesday,November 18.
Recall that the Saminu Turaki-led faction clashed with
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.
Later, the factional National Executive Committee (NEC)
loyal to Wike ratified the expulsion of Governors Makinde, Mohammed and Dauda
Lawal of Zamfara States alongside a former Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees,
Senator Adolphus Wabara; former National Vice Chairman, Chief Bode George, and
newly elected National Chairman, Turaki, SAN.
The decision came in the wake of last Saturday’s PDP
national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, where Wike and ten others, including
former governors, serving lawmakers, and key party figures, were suspended over
alleged anti-party activities.
The Ibadan convention, convened by the rival faction,
accused Wike’s bloc of attempting to “destabilise the party structure” ahead of
a planned nationwide reorganisation.
On Tuesday, both factions arrived at the PDP National
Secretariat in Wadata Plaza to hold parallel NEC and Board of Trustees
meetings.
The clash resulted in a chaotic scene, with security
operatives struggling to separate supporters from both camps, leading to heated
arguments, pushing, and commotion.
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