Bomb Scare At PDP National Secretariat By Chuks Okocha There was pandemonium Friday at the National Headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja over alleged threats by an unknown group to bomb the place. THISDAY gathered that top party officials hurriedly left the secretariat and some directors asked their staff to take the weekend off. Senior officials of the Party, who reportedly left the secretariat on the basis of the security reports included the National Auditor, the departmental directors, among others. Checks by anxious journalists revealed that a report was relayed to the party secretariat, Thursday night, disclosing a verified report of a credible threat to attack the secretariat starting from yesterday. A senior official of the party was said to have received the report and relayed it to the necessary quarters within the leadership. According to investigations, the Security report was said to have been leaked to the general Staff, who reacted hysterically. However, both the party Chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and the new National Secretary of the party, Prof. Adewale Oladipo were not in the office as at the time of incident. When THISDAY contacted the National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, he said he was not aware of what happened as he did not at the secretariat. "I am not aware," he said. A top security official of the party confirmed the development, disclosing that "the threat is real and we are all aware of the situation." Another source said that they noticed suspicious movement at the Mosque at about 9 pm on Thursday night and that they alerted the Police, who eventually came to the party secretariat with two Hilux vans. Meanwhile, security has been beefed up at the secretariat, while sand bags were being mounted at the main entrance to the Secretariat as at the press time. SOURCE: thisdaylive/articles/bomb-scare-at-pdp-national-secretariat/160745/
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 11:14:20 +0000
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