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Again, police seal APC National Secretariat

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Men from the Federal Capital Territory Police Command and armed officers on Thursday sealed the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress.

Two patrol vehicles were packed strategically in front of the main entrance.

The PUNCH reports that the police had on Tuesday sealed the APC national secretariat over the crisis in the party.

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The problem in the APC NWC came to a head-on Tuesday last week when the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja upheld the suspension of the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory.

At an emergency meeting on the evening of the same day, 17 members of the NWC loyal to Oshiomhole, appointed a former governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, as acting chairman.

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Giadom, in a counter move, together with two other NWC members, addressed a press conference on June 17, when he declared himself as the acting chairman. He backed his action with the judgment of the FCT high court, which in March gave him the go-ahead to be the acting national chairman.

Despite his suspension by two Port Harcourt courts and his replacement as the deputy national secretary, Giadom on Tuesday issued a notice of the APC NEC meeting, which would hold today (Thursday).

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