The chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Austin Agada in Benue state has by-passed the blockage of the party secretariat on Friday by the security operatives.
Pandemonium ensued as security operatives and some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress engaged in an altercation.
DAILY GIST reports that the secretariat in Markurdi was earlier taken over by the operatives of the state police command.
As early as 7 am, a detachment of mobile and regular Police operatives, including men of the Civil Defence Corps and Live Stock Guards took over the gates, mounting heavy block to roads leading to the secretariat.
They used their operational vehicles to block all roads leading to the secretariat.
The Police Command also stopped the State Executive Council Meeting ( SEC) and APC stakeholders meeting by the Comrade Austin Agada-led exco of the party slated for today.
In a letter addressed to the APC chairman Comrade Austin Agada, the Commissioner of Police Emmanuel Adesina declared: ” The State Executive Council meeting and all kinds of political meeting be suspended till further notice.”
The letter signed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police ( DCP) Samuel Gimba said the SEC meeting must be suspended based on a directive from Governor Hyacinth Alia suspending all forms of political meetings and gathering in the state.
The decision, according to police, is due to volatile security atmosphere in Benue.
However, the APC Chairman breaks police blockage of the Secretariat, leading to gunshots by the security operatives
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