As those who say they want to lead Nigeria and that they can do it better than APC cannot behave themselves, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase has descended on the arena of the protracted People Democratic Party (PDP) leadership tussle as he yesterday ordered the shut down of the party’s national secretariat for one week.
He also gave PDP leaders the same period to get some sanity and resolve the fight for power between Senator Ahmed Makarfi,former governor of Kaduna State and Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. Both are laying claim to the party chairmanship.
The decision was taken at a meeting between Arase and PDP stakeholders after repeated acts of violence by supporters of the two contestants to seize control of the party secretariat. It got worse in the last one week.
Force Spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole, in a statement on the meeting said: “In a bid to find a lasting solution to the protracted crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, convened a meeting with all stakeholders in his Abuja office on Friday (yesterday) and called for peace among the parties, particularly Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Makarfi.
“After exhaustive deliberations in the meeting that was also attended by the Director-General of Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Musa Daura, each of the factions – Sen Ali Modu Sheriff’s and Sen. Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi’s-led factions agreed to nominate four representatives each for peace talks to arrive at a harmonised position within one week.
“The PDP Secretariat at Wadata House Plaza and Legacy House should be under lock and key pending the outcome of the resolution.”
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