The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned safety companies towards granting entry to its National Secretariat to expelled members, insisting the property stays the topic of pending litigation earlier than the courts.
This warning comes after reviews {that a} faction of the get together loyal to the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike, plans to take over the get together’s headquarters subsequent Monday.
THE WHISTLER reviews that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC just lately recognised the Wike-led PDP faction, permitting its representatives to attend the fee’s first quarterly stakeholders’ assembly with political events in 2026.
Following the assembly, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, National Secretary of the PDP National Caretaker Committee of the Wike-led faction, reportedly said, “By next Monday, we will take over the PDP headquarters.”
Responding in a press release signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong on Friday, the get together mentioned it had acquired info that some expelled members had been allegedly planning to “either forcibly or in connivance with security forces gain access to and occupy our National Secretariat and other party property.”
The PDP disclosed that it had formally written to the Inspector General of Police and the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, stressing that the secretariat “is still a res before the Federal High Court, Abuja, and the Court of Appeal.”
The assertion cautioned that “any attempt to enter and occupy these property will be a resort to self-help and an affront to the time-tested principle of law that parties who have submitted to the jurisdiction of courts should not act in ways that will render nugatory, the powers of the Court.”
According to the get together, the case earlier than Justice Joyce Abdulmalik was instituted by the expelled members themselves, including that “they cannot resort to self-help, until judgment is delivered in the matter.”
The PDP additional reminded all events, notably the Nigeria Police Force, which it mentioned is joined within the go well with, that “any action taken to grant access to anybody, pending the determination of the suit, is a contempt of the court.”
“We guarantee that we are going to deploy all authorized 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,” they warned.
