Nigeria, May 31 -- Some thugs on Saturday dispersed delegates and members of the faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki while they were protesting their denial of access to A-Class Event Centre, the venue where the faction initially planned to hold a special national convention to ratify former President Goodluck Jonathan as its presidential candidate.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that armed police officers barricaded the event centre with patrol vans and blocked the two roads leading to the venue from the Wuse and Maitama Districts preventing members of the faction from gaining access.

The development followed a warning issued on Friday by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), directing even...