Nigeria, April 12 -- The faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki has criticised the police directive unsealing the party's national secretariat in Abuja for use by a rival faction backed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

Earlier on Saturday, the police reopened the PDP secretariat in Zone 5, Wuse, Abuja, and Legacy House, another party office located in Maitama District, Abuja, and handed them over to a faction led by Abdulrahman Mohammed, which is aligned with Mr Wike.

Reacting to the development, the spokesperson for the Turaki-led faction, Ini Ememobong, accused the police of bias, noting that the leadership dispute remains before the court.

Mr Ememobong argued that the p...