Less than eight hours after they were dislodged, the Buruji Kashamu faction of the party has regained the control of the party secretariat on IBB Boulevard, Abeokuta.
The Sikirullai Ogundele led new executive of the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier on Monday dislodged the factional chairman, Engr. Bayo Dayo, and his team from the Secretariat.
Dayo’s camp which is loyal to Senator Buruji Kashamu in a counter – strategy, stormed the facility on Monday evening with armed Policemen believed to have been drafted from Zone 2, Lagos, and arrested 17 persons stationed at the party Secretariat by the newly elected executive led by Ogundele.
The Publicity Secretary of Bayo Dayo – led factional executive of Ogun PDP, Bolaji Adeniji, who confirmed to The Nation the recovery of the building from Ogundele’s camp, said the 17 people arrested at the Secretariat would be arraigned in court today.
Bolaji described Ogundele and his executive members as a 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 some hours later, Kashamu loyalists turned the tide against Ogundele and colleagues, went to the Secretariat and evicted their boys keeping vigil at the building.
