Originally billed for the International Conference Centre, operatives of the Nigerian Police barricaded the venue and prevented any political meeting from taking place there.
The Markafi faction had said it called the meeting to appraise the Friday judgment of the Court of Appeal, Port-Harcourt, which removed Ahmed Markafi and installed Ali Modu Sheriff as PDP chairman. Expected at the Monday meeting were senior members of the party, majority of whom had the backing of most PDP governors.
However, confronted by the police, and determined to go ahead with the meeting, Markafi’s team resolved to move the venue of the gathering to Ekiti Government Lodge in Asokoro.
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In a statement issued Monday afternoon by spokesman of the caretaker committee, Dayo Adeyeye, the group said, “Senator Ali Modu Sheriff in collaboration with the All Progressive Congress (APC) led Federal Government has barricaded the International Conference Center, ICC, venue of the scheduled Stakeholders Meeting of the entire organs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“This is a very sad development in our democratic history where there is no longer free association and movement of citizens of this Country.”
The statement warned that, “Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and his APC collaborators cannot stop the will of the people,” saying, “Nigerians can now confirm that Senator Ali Modu Sheriff is a mole in PDP to destroy the only strong opposition in the country.”
The group, therefore, asked, “All invited members of the Party for the scheduled Stakeholders Meeting…to proceed to the Ekiti State Government Lodge
on T. Y. Danjuma Street, Asokoro, Abuja by same time, 2:00Pm.”
Markafi and his group have given hint that they would appeal the Friday judgment though Sheriff said that he was working to unite all aggrieved members.
As part of his moves to consolidate power, Sheriff visited with ex-governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu and former military Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida on Sunday in Minna, Niger State.
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