The founding National Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Prof. Udenta O. Udenta, has accused the Nigeria Police of actively destabilising the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Udenta made the allegation on Thursday during an interview on Arise Television, monitored by DAILY POST.

The claim comes after two rival factions of the PDP clashed on Tuesday at the party secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory, prompting security personnel to fire gunshots and deploy teargas, causing panic as many attendees rushed to safety.

The political strategist said the Nigeria Police enabled the factional occupation of the PDP Secretariat.

He explained: “The new chairman of the party, Tanimu Turaki SAN’s son, went to the police to complain that some people planned to take over the secretariat. The police assured him nothing of such would happen. Yet, they allowed the Anyanwu faction to enter at 5:00 am while the police watched. The police are complicit because if they had shut the place down from the start, Nigeria would not have witnessed that spectacle.”

Udenta added, “They fired over 200 canisters of tear gas on sitting governors, former governors, and party leaders. You know what happened to Chiroma in Kano years ago — he didn’t survive tear gas. This was under the supervision of a certain DCP.”