•PDP national secretariat, Abuja
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed concern over plans by some expelled members of the party to forcefully gain access to the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
The party, in a statement yesterday, signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, warned that the PDP’s secretariat is still a subject of pending litigation, saying that it has written to the Inspector General of Police and the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command.
The statement reads, “We have been notified of the intention of some expelled members of our party to either forcibly or in connivance with security forces gain access to and occupy our National Secretariat and other party property.
“In this particular instance, the case pending before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik was instituted by the expelled members, they cannot resort to self-help, until judgment is delivered in the matter.
“This statement serves to remind all the dramatis personae, especially the Police Force, which is a party on record in the said matter, that any action taken to grant access to anybody, pending the determination of the suit, is a contempt of the court.
“We assure that we will deploy all legal means to defend our property from trespass. Responsibility for any injury to persons or damage to property arising therefrom should be placed solely on the aggressors and their security collaborators.”
