By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — The Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP) has written to the Inspector Common of Police (IGP), calling for an investigation into what it described as a violent invasion of its Nationwide Secretariat in Abuja by suspended celebration officers and their supporters.
The celebration stated the incident, which reportedly left a number of employees members injured, was led by its suspended Nationwide Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, with claims that the disruption was aided by some safety operatives.
A duplicate of the petition obtained by Vanguard on Tuesday evening was signed by the Nationwide Chairman, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum.
It defined that the celebration’s Nationwide Working Committee (NWC), at its 608th assembly, had earlier suspended 4 nationwide officers, together with Senator Anyanwu, over alleged anti-party actions and referred them to the disciplinary committee.
In response to the petition, the invasion occurred on Monday, November 3, 2025.
“The suspended Nationwide Secretary allegedly led a bunch of supporters to the Nationwide Secretariat, pressured their means into places of work, and disrupted official actions.
“The thugs broke into places of work, unleashed violence, attacked employees, fired tear gasoline, wounded our employees, assaulted journalists, and disrupted actions in our Nationwide Secretariat,” the petition acknowledged.
It additionally claimed {that a} feminine employees who inhaled tear gasoline through the commotion fainted and was later revived, whereas three others; Mr. Terna Tergba, Mrs. Cecilia Ukwayi, and Mr. Harmless Ezekiel sustained accidents and have been receiving remedy.
“The intruders tried to put in a member of the Nationwide Working Committee as appearing Nationwide Chairman,” the celebration additional alleged, describing the incident as a harmful precedent for inside democracy.
“The function of the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, concerning this incident ought to be correctly examined. On whose instruction did he deploy safety personnel to the Nationwide Secretariat of a political celebration with out notifying the Nationwide Chairman?
“The Inspector Common could please observe that our nation is at the moment below the scope of the worldwide neighborhood, and this unwarranted assault on the opposition celebration and its employees, which is a transparent menace to democracy in Nigeria, additional aggravates a really tense scenario,” it added.
The PDP urged the IGP to make sure an intensive investigation into the incident, maintain these accountable accountable, and shield the rights of political establishments throughout the nation.
The petition was accompanied by pictures and video proof meant to assist police investigation.
The publish PDP petitions IGP over alleged violent takeover of secretariat appeared first on Vanguard Information.
