Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has finally gained entrance into the headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja to take over as the party Chairman.
The former chairman had, as early as 7am on Monday, stormed the National Secretariat of the opposition party to take over the affairs of the party, but was prevented from gaining entrance to the Wadata Plaza secretariat by security operatives.
Sheriff, who led his supporters to the PDP headquarters, told journalists that he would not leave until he is allowed entrance into the secretariat.
It would be recalled that the former Borno governor was the party’s chairman before the party’s national convention held in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, on May 21.
Before leaving the Rivers State capital that day, he announced the cancellation of the convention, citing court orders. However, other leaders of the party however, went ahead with the convention and also announced his sack and the appointment of a caretaker committee headed by former Kaduna State governor, Ahmed Makarfi.
Sheriff had argued that the court did not recognise the Senator Ahmad Markafi-led Caretaker Committee.
“As you may be aware, that we have been facing some challenges since we put off the national convention in Port Harcourt last month.
“We, therefore, consider it the height of self-deceit for anyone to pretend that the PDP is not in crisis. “But I want to assure you that we have been working round the clock to see how we can resolve the matter without being on the wrong side of the law.
“All the judgments that are available today recognise us as the sole chairman of this party.
“We have a court order in our hand to allow us to go into our office but the inspector general of police, after having a truce with him that nobody should be allowed until we have decided, he decided to take the law into his hands and allow the wrong people,” he told a gathering of supporters at the secretariat.
“We will be law abiding, but Nigeria Police is made for Nigerian people to observe the rule of law.
“The law clearly stated that the Inspector General of Police should give us police to go into the office, but he brought platoon of police to block the office.
“We will go back because we do not want some miscreants to take the law into their hands. “We will wait and take the mater beyond Nigeria Police Force,” he said
