The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has ordered the shutting down of the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party on the reason of protracted leadership crisis rocking the opposition party. The secretariat will be shut down for a week to allow peace to reign. The leadership of the party was equally given a week to resolve the stalemate between Senator Ahmed Makarfi, former governor of Kaduna State and Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, both of whom are laying claim to the party chairmanship. According to a statement by the force Spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole, “In a bid to find a lasting solution to the protracted crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, convened a meeting with all stakeholders in his Abuja office on Friday (yesterday) and called for peace among the parties, particularly Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Makarfi. “After exhaustive deliberations in the meeting that was also attended by the Director-General of Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Musa Daura, each of the factions ”“ Sen Ali Modu Sheriff’s and Sen. Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi’s-led factions agreed to nominate four representatives each for peace talks to arrive at a harmonised position within one week. “The PDP Secretariat at Wadata House Plaza and Legacy House should be under lock and key pending the outcome of the resolution.”
