{"id":167743,"date":"2025-06-30T18:49:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T17:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/pdp-holds-expanded-caucus-meeting-with-police-presence"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:02:58","slug":"pdp-holds-expanded-caucus-meeting-with-police-presence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/pdp-holds-expanded-caucus-meeting-with-police-presence","title":{"rendered":"PDP Holds Expanded Caucus Meeting with Police Presence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has begun an expanded caucus meeting at its National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, after an earlier police siege at the venue.<\/p>\n<p>The expanded caucus meeting came after a closed-door meeting by governors elected on the platform of the party at the Bauchi State Governor\u2019s Lodge in Asokoro, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Present at the meeting were Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, as well as former Senate President, Bukola Saraki.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Mohammed, who also chairs the PDP Governors\u2019 Forum, while speaking to reporters, addressed the earlier police presence at the secretariat, describing the blockade as necessary to \u201cprevent miscreants\u201d from hijacking the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The party had relocated its Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting from Wadata Plaza to the Yar\u2019Adua Centre in Abuja\u2019s Central Business District, citing security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>PDP officials blasted the police deployment to Wadata Plaza, calling it an act of harassment.<\/p>\n<p>A former national secretary of the PDP, Umar Tsauri, told newsmen that the police claimed they were acting on an \u201corder from above\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, the FCT Police Command, denied sealing off the secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said officers were only deployed to maintain law and order, stating, \u201cAt no time was the Secretariat sealed off by the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has begun an expanded caucus meeting at its National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, after an earlier police siege at the venue. 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