Tensions flared at the Social Democratic Party (SDP) headquarters in Abuja on Monday as protesters pulled down the main gate of the party’s National Secretariat in Wuse 2, disrupting a National Working Committee meeting.
The cause of the protest remains unclear, but sources say it may be linked to the alleged imposition of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, who recently defected to the SDP.
The News Chronicle gathered that amid the chaos, journalists covering the event were reportedly assaulted by security operatives attached to the secretariat.
El-Rufai, in a Monday interview with Arise TV, declared his intent to block President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
