‘New PDP’ does not exist - presidency

Gulak

The Special Adviser to the President on Political Affairs, Ahmed Gulak has said  that there is only one Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in existence in the country under the Chairmanship of Bamanga Tukur. 

Some members of the Nigeria Police Force on Saturday sealed off the ‘New PDP’ Secretariat in Maitama, Abuja, while Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) and armed policemen have remained on standby at the Secretariat to ward off any intruder.

The new group, under the Chairmanship of the Abubakar Baraje, broke off from the main PDP during the 2013 Special Convention of the party last month in Abuja.

Speakingon telephone o on the sealing of the ‘New PDP’ Secretariat, Gulak insisted that the only PDP Secretariat is at Wadata Plaza, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja.

On the questions that the Police’s action is anti democratic principles and will work against on-going peace process, he said: “There is no new PDP. There is only one PDP and that is all I know. And the Secretariat is at Wadata Plaza and the Chairman is Bamanga Tukur.”

Justice Elvis Chukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had on Friday ordered the two parties to maintain the status quo as he fixed September 12 for the hearing of the motion on notice.

To resolve the crisis, elders of the party including ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, the Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih and two former national chairmen of the party-Chief Barnabas Gemade and Dr.Ahmadu Ali met with the two factions in Abuja on Friday.