POLICE ORDERED TO DISRUPT REBEL GOVERNORS MEETING

Policemen drafted from the Asokoro Area Command in Abuja  disrupted a meeting by five of the seven aggrieved governors  of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Sunday night.The policemen were led by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the command, Mr. Nnanna  Ama.The  rebel governors were at the  Kano State Governor’s Lodge  to meet on their grievances against the PDP  and how to marshall their points ahead of  their planned meeting with  President Goodluck Jonathan .Those at the   meeting were Rabiu Kwakwanso(Kano), Chibuike Amaechi (Rivers), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Aliyu Babangida (Niger), and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa).Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed (Kwara) and Aliyu Wamakko(Sokoto) were not at the meeting.The  meeting  was also attended by   the Chairman of the New PDP, Alhaji  Abubakar Baraje; the National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola; a former Governor of Ekiti State,   Mr. Segun Oni; a former Governor of Nasarawa State, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu and a host of others.It was learnt that they initially disrupted the meeting by asking the governors and others  at the meeting to disperse or be arrested.It was learnt that when the  governors  insisted on continuing the meeting, the policemen moved away  but stayed within the premises of the lodge.The former PDP national secretary  of the PDP  said  the police held them hostage for several minutes,   adding that  they were astonished when the DPO  told them  that he was under instruction  to disperse them .