Police seal PDP National Secretariat after factional clash

The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday, November 19, sealed off the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretariat at Wadata Plaza, Abuja, following a violent confrontation between two rival party factions.

The clash, which erupted on Tuesday, November 18, saw officers fire teargas to disperse opposing supporters after tensions flared between the Saminu Turaki-led group and loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. During the fracas, Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State were reportedly caught in the teargas.

In the aftermath, the factional National Executive Committee aligned with Wike ratified the expulsion of Governors Makinde, Mohammed, and Dauda Lawal of Zamfara; former PDP Board of Trustees Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara; former National Vice Chairman, Chief Bode George; and newly elected National Chairman, Turaki, SAN.

The move came shortly after Saturday’s PDP national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, where Wike and ten others—including former governors, serving lawmakers, and key party figures—were suspended for alleged anti-party activities. The rival faction behind the convention accused Wike’s camp of attempting to “destabilise the party structure” ahead of a planned nationwide reorganisation.

On Tuesday, both factions stormed the PDP National Secretariat to hold parallel NEC and Board of Trustees meetings, triggering a chaotic showdown. Security personnel struggled to contain the situation as supporters engaged in heated exchanges, pushing, and disorder.

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