A physical fight has broken out at the headquarters of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday.
A meeting of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) is ongoing at the venue.
The altercation began when Sunday Ude-Okoye, a party chieftain, was denied access to the meeting.
The meeting was ongoing with Ambassador Iliya Damagum, Acting National Chairman, and Anyanwu seated before the arrival of Ude-Okoye.
The moment Udu-Okoye got into the hall, Senator Adolphus Wabara, BoT Chairman, was delivering a speech.
Udu-Okoye waited for the BoT Chairman to finish his speech before going round to greet those on the high table, excluding his rival, Anyanwu.
However, Udu-Okoye was later forced out of the meeting by suspected thugs, leading to altercation. It was around this time that journalists were asked to give way for a closed door session.
But Udu-Okoye was seen shouting and urging his supporters to prevent his ejection.
He later to the gate, lamenting injustice as Anyanwu’s men were allowed into the Secretariat but his own supporters were denied access
As of the time of publishing this report, Ude-Okoye was still outside while the meeting was ongoing.
