August 09, (THEWILL) – A detachment of heavily armed police operatives on Monday took over the surroundings of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretariat in Abuja.
THEWILL reports at least five Hilux vans of heavily armed police operatives are positioned within the secretariat along Blantyre Street, Wuse 2, Abuja, following a security report that certain persons had been mobilised to stage demonstrations there on Monday.
Although the security men did not prevent people from accessing the party secretariat, they did not allow any vehicle within the secretariat vicinity, including those of the staff, visitors and journalists that arrived there early.
One of these security personnel attached to the secretariat noted that the police were deployed to prevent any form of demonstration at the party secretariat.
He said, “You don’t expect the party’s national leadership to fold their hands in the face of such a threatening security report. They don’t want to take chances or watch the situation degenerate to the days of Oshiomhole when activities in the party were grounded hence the decision to mobilise the security agencies to protect the secretariat against any attack.”
The last time such a scene was witnessed at the party secretariat was during the protracted leadership crisis of Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee (NWC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
THEWILL recalls some internal wrangling within the party following the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Ondo State governorship election as it affects the validity of the Governor Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee CECPC of the party.
