PDP Leaders Flee As Anti- Wike Protesters Storm National Secretariat With Coffin read 3,259 time(s) / comments by saharareporters / 8 hours ago / Nation The national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, Adamu Muazu and other members of the partys national working committee abandoned their respective offices in Abuja on Wednesday as angry party members from Rivers State took over the partys secretariat. The only member of the NWC who managed to show up was Kema Chikwe, the woman leader, but she too did not spend up to three minutes at the gate as the protesters threatened to beat her up if she attempts entering the premises. Cairo Ojugboh, who oversees the party in the South-South zone, was also ordered to leave. He obeyed the order and promptly left the party secretariat for the protesters. The protesters said they came to protest against former minister of state for education and the partys governorship candidate in Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and Uche Secondus, the national vice chairman of the party. Singing war songs and carrying a mock coffin, the protesters also erected a canopy with which they blocked the entrance to the partys national secretariat. No staff was allowed access to the office as the three gates leading to the premises were effectively blocked by the protesters. Some 100 policemen stood nearby and watched as the protesters took over the zone five area of the party secretariat. The protesters arrived the scene around 6am, but were later dispersed forcefully around 5:20pm by the police who fired life bullets and teargas canisters into the air. Five protesters were later arrested.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 05:42:47 +0000
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