PDP Crisis: IGP Arase, Seals Party secretariat

THE Inspector General of Police
(IGP), Solomon Arase, has ordered
the shutdown of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat
Arase also gave the party one week
to resolve its crisis.
A statement issued by the Force
Spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole,
said the IGP took the decision at a
meeting with stakeholders of the
party in Abuja.
“In a bid to finding a lasting
solution to the protracted crisis
rocking the Peoples Democratic
Party, (PDP), the Inspector-General
of Police, Solomon Arase, convened
a meeting with all stakeholders in
his Abuja office on Friday 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 Sherif’s
and Sen Ahmed Mohammed
Makarfi’s-led factions agreed to
nominate four representatives,
each, for peace talks to arrive at a
harmonized 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,” the statement said.