Police Seal PDP Convention Venue In Port Harcourt

Officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force have sealed all the roads leading to the Sharks Stadium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, venue of the convention of the People’s Democratic Party.
Daily Sun gathered that as early as 5am, several policemen were deployed in the City, alongside Armoured Personnel Carriers.

The policemen equally sealed part of the Rivers State Government House.
Affected in the main are the Old Presidential Lodge and the Deputy Governor’s Lodge.
They have been blocked with APCs.
Some of the stalwarts of the PDP who have arrived ahead of the National Convention are lodged in the Old Presidential Lodge and the Deputy Governor’s Lodge.
Though there has been no official reaction to the development from the Police, those who spoke off record among the policemen said they were told to enforce the order of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja that the National Convention must not hold.

It would be recalled that Abang, in a ruling on Tuesday in a case brought by a disputed National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, ordered the Inspector General of Police, IB.rahim Idris, to enforce the order and the Independent National Elect0ral Commission not to monitor the exercise.
However, as at press time on Tuesday night, INEC said it was yet to be served with the order.
The Commission’s position was made known by its spokesman, Nick Dazang.
More so, INEC apart from having not received the order of the Abuja court is also at a crossroad as another Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State had given its nod for the National Convention to hold.