Armed police officers on Saturday prevented visitors from accessing the A-Class Event Centre, Abuja, where a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki planned to hold a special national convention to ratify former President Goodluck Jonathan as its sole presidential candidate.
The faction, however, moved the convention to another venue where it presented the Certificate of Return to Mr Jonathan through his representative.
The police officers had barricaded the event centre with patrol vans and blocked the two roads leading to the venue from the Wuse and Maitama Districts.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) had on Friday warned event centres and hotels in territory not to provide their facilities to factions of political parties not recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for conventions and other political activities.
The FCTA said failure to comply with the directive could result in the revocation of the title documents of such properties.
