Around the PDP secretariat today, gunshots reportedly heard as Atiku submits nomination form

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Earlier today, Gunshots were reportedly head around the PDP national secretariat, Abuja where former vice president Atiku Abubakar submitted his expression of interest and nomination form.  It came up on Thursday, September 6, when the policemen
protecting law were dispersing the rioters using teargas canisters and gunshots. Atiku through his official Twitter handle said: ''I have just submitted my nomination form to officially declare my intention to seek the nomination of the party to run for the office of the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the 2019 elections.
In a related development, one of the numerous presidential aspirants of the opposition PDP, Taminu Turaki, and Benue Governor Samuel Ortom submitted their nomination and expression of interest forms for the general elections. Turaki, a former minister of special duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, who submitted the completed forms on Wednesday, September 5, explained that all the aspirants agreed to support whoever emerges as the party’s candidate in 2019 presidential election

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