The BoT meeting presided over by the chairman, Adolphus Wabara and called to address the issue of the national secretary that has split the PDP National Working Committee into two groups, was on Wednesday, January 29, disrupted when warring members of both camps violently clashed over the unsettled matter.
Other prominent members of the BoT, including the acting national chairman of the party, Umar Damagun; ex-Niger Governor, Babangida Aliyu; ex-Kaduna Governor, Ahmed Markafi and ex-Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido.
Although the meeting the BoT, considered as the conscience of the party, had been called to enable the party to find a way around the controversy over the position of national secretary, the altercation began when Ude-Okoye, who had been declared national secretary by an Enugu High Court and the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu, was denied access to the meeting.
Security has since been beefed up at the Wadata Plaza, with an increased presence of police and officers of the Department of State Services.
Soldiers and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were also seen at the venue.