Presidency Raises Alarm Over Plan By Northern Group To Distrupt PDP Convention

If you’re observant, you’d have noticed that hardly does a The Nigerian presidency has raised the alarm through the Department of State Security over plans by a Northern group to mobilize thousands of people from the region to disrupt the planned special convention of the ruling PDP already scheduled to hold at the Eagles Square on Saturday.


It was gathered that the alarm followed the discovery by the DSS that the group under the banner of PDP Peace and Justice Movement Of Core/Pioneer Members Of PDP has mobilized thousands of its members to storm the venue of the convention armed with inciting posters and pamphlets.

Already, two persons arrested in connection with the posters are now being quizzed by security agents. The seized posters bear messages such as ”Agreement is agreement,” ”Injustice anywhere is a threat everywhere,” “Lets support peace and justice,” ”Gentlemen always stick to agreement,”   “Power should go  to the North in 2015?

The pamphlet  signed by one Mallam Abdullahi Maibirgi, as National Co-ordinator of  the group reads:  ”PDP Peace and Justice Movement demands peace in our highly cherished party. For peace to exist, there must be justice …. (and) justice in this context means granting the North the party’s presidential ticket for the 2015 presidential election.

“PDP Peace and Justice Movement, hereby throws its full weight behind the Save Democracy campaign being mounted by some PDP Governors and urge all party faithful to support this patriotic effort. The campaign is aimed at sanitzing PDP of its cankerworm and stabilizing our growing democracy in the country. With these initiatives, these governors have proved themselves as great democrats, patriots, visionary leaders, loyal and faithful party members.