Few hours after the Sikirullai Ogundele led executive of the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dislodged the factional chairman, Engr. Bayo Dayo, and his team from the party’s state Secretariat on IBB Boulevard, Abeokuta, Dayo’s camp fought back and reclaimed the building.
Dayo’s camp, loyal to Senator Buruji Kashamu in what could be described as a counter – strategy, stormed the facility Monday with armed Policemen believed to have been drafted from Zone 2, Lagos, and arrested 17 persons stationed at the party Secretariat by the new elected executive led by Ogundele.
Publicity Secretary of Bayo Dayo – led factional executive of Ogun PDP, Bolaji Adeniji, who confirmed the incidence said the 17 people arrested at the Secretariat would be arraigned in court today.
He described Ogundele and his executive members as dissident group, accused them of invading the party Secretariat and stationing people suspected to be political “thugs” there.
Ogundele and other members of the newly elected executives had stormed the Secretariat by noon yesterday and sacked junior workers and other people found there, triggering confusion as the affected workers caught unaware scampered for safety.
But a few hours later, Kashamu loyalists turned the tide against Ogundele and colleagues, went to the Secretariat and evicted their boys keeping vigil at the building.
