BREAKING: Police seal PDP headquarters with barbwire

Security operatives were stationed at the secretariat with Samuel Anyanwu and others loyal to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, insisting they would not vacate the place. Chaos broke out when Turaki; Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, and other members of the newly elected PDP executives arrived at the premises. The police fired teargas as Anyanwu’s supporters tried to block the group from entering the secretariat. “If we had not exercised restraint, if we had not controlled our members and our leaders, there would have been bloodshed here,” Turaki had said. “We have been tear-gassed, and I think more than 50 canisters of tear gas had been shot at us. But we remained relentless and will continue to remain relentless,” he added. Turaki later said on Tuesday that he had assumed office as the national chairman of the PDP. His resumption came after the standoff at the party’s secretariat in Abuja.