After a heated argument with Okocha on the legality or otherwise of
opening a parallel party secretariat in the state, Ogaora ordered the
plain-clothed policemen, who were later joined by uniformed security
operatives from the Old GRA Police Station, to pull down the poles and
the flag.
He also ordered the policemen to chase out everyone, including
party officials, aides to Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and
journalists, who had gone to cover the ceremony, from the vicinity.
The SCID boss, thereafter, called for a re-enforcement of over 10
patrol vehicles from the state police headquarters to enable the police
take full control of the complex, which once served as the campaign
headquarters of Amaechi in 2011.
LEADERSHIP observed that journalists, who made efforts to capture
the action of the policemen, were manhandled, while the camera of a
photo-journalist with the Daily Sun Newspapers, Mr. Obed Mpiegbulem, was
destroyed by one of the plain-clothed policemen.
Justifying his action, Ogaora told journalists that the opening of
the parallel secretariat of the PDP in the state was illegal, pointing
out that the police would not fold its hand and allow some persons to
contravene law and order in the state.
He said “What we have done here is to stop any illegality. We will
go all out to stop any illegality; anybody that contravenes law and
order will be dealt with. We don’t have any PDP secretariat here."
LEADERSHIP
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