Breaking: Again, Police Seals APC Secretariat In Abuja

By Edna Wande Last updated Jun 25, 2020

Officers of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have again sealed the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.

According to SaharaReporters, those who had entered the building before the arrival of the police were sent out of the complex at about 9am while four security vehicles were stationed in and around the party facility.

This comes two days after a team of security operatives sealed off the same secretariat on the orders of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.

There has been an ongoing crisis in the APC National Working Committee (NWC) caused by the upholding of the suspension of the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, by a three-man panel of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on June 16.

At an emergency meeting on the evening of same day, 17 members of the NWC loyal to Oshiomhole, appointed a former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, as acting chairman.

Giadom, in a counter move, together with two other NWC members, addressed a press conference on June 17, declaring himself as the acting chairman.

He backed his action with the judgment of FCT high court, which in March gave him the go-ahead to be the acting national chairman.

Despite his suspension by two Port Harcourt courts and his replacement as the deputy national secretary, Giadom on Tuesday issued a notice of the APC NEC meeting, which would hold today (Thursday).

However, the Ajimobi-led NWC on Tuesday said having been suspended from the NWC, Giadom was not qualified to convene the NEC meeting.

Meanwhile, President Buhari on Wednesday expressed support for Giadom, saying the law is on the side of Giadom as Acting National Chairman.

He also said he will attend NEC meeting of the APC.