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From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
The Tanimu Turaki led National Working Committee ( NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has protested the unsealing of the party’s National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza and Presidential Campaign Office, Legacy House by the police.
The two party offices, which were sealed up last November, after a clash between loyalists of the Turaki led Exco and supporters of Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, were unsealed by the police on Saturday.
However, the Turaki led NWC, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, yesterday night, said the action of the police was contentious.
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The statement read in part: “It is on record that the judgment by Justice Abdulmalik that the police force is allegedly acting under has been appealed, and the police, as a party in that matter, is fully aware and has been served.
“By their action, they have tampered with the rest and that can render the judgment of the Court of Appeal nugatory, when it is eventually given. It is most shameful that those entrusted with protecting the law are those disobeying the law.
“While it is not surprising that the police are acting in a clearly partisan manner, we were hopeful that they would act differently under the command of the new Inspector General of Police. From the inception of this imbroglio, the officers of the police force have consistently acted in a manner that leaves no one in doubt as to their support for the Wike-backed APC apologists and have continued to double down on their partisan interventions.
“As law-abiding citizens, we admonish our members to continue to maintain peace and not undertake any activity capable of breaching public peace, while we promise to take all necessary steps within the ambit of the law to protect the rights and privileges of the genuine members of the Peoples Democratic Party.
“The public should be assured that we are hopeful that soon this dark cloud of state-sponsored persecution and one-party compulsory drive will end and true democratic experience will return, in the interest of preserving the republic.”
