A youth group with loyalties to the embattled Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, have stormed the National Secretariat of the party. This is the latest development in an ongoing political melodrama for the control of the PDP which has lasted now for several months.
The group of youth seeks to dislodge another youth group, the self-proclaimed Amalgamation of PDP Youth, who bunkered themselves in the secretariat earlier today. The Amalgamation of PDP Youth forced the evacuation of the Secretariat staff and then padlocked the front gate shut.
The latest challenger youth group descended on the secretariat, destroyed the padlock, and entered the premises in full view of the police stationed nearby.
According to eyewitnesses, once the youth broke through the gate they began singing solidarity songs in support of Mr. Sheriff.
Both youth groups have vowed to occupy the secretariat offices until Thursday.
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