Fracas at PDP secretariat as Atiku submits nomination form
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he however said that he had created thousands of jobs in his private businesses and knew how to lead a government that would do the same for nigeria1 violence erupted at the peoples democratic party pdp national secretariat on thursday as supporters of former vice president atiku abubakar who accompanied him to submit his presidential nomination form clashed with some thugs1 the aspirant arrived at about noon and while submitting his nomination form inside the party secretariat pandemonium erupted as some persons suspected to be political thugs attacked his supporters1 the development caused chaos as people scampered for safety causing stampede at the secretariat main entrance as the supporters especially women tried to rush into the premises1 the situation was however brought under control following the intervention of policemen who promptly fired gunshots into the air to dispel the thugs1 no arrest was made as the hoodlums escaped through different routes and it was not immediately ascertained if injuries were sustained in the fracas1 meanwhile abubakar said that he is seeking peoples democratic party pdp presidential ticket to make nigeria work1 his media office said he made the statement after submitting his nomination form at pdps national secretariat in abuja on thursday1 abubakar sad that he was saddened by the fact that 11 million nigerians excluding the millions more who never had a job since leaving school had become unemployed since may 29 20151 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that abubakars supporters arrived at the secretariat at about 9 a.m. drumming and dancing while waiting for him1 it weighs deeply on my heart that nigeria has become the world headquarters for extreme poverty according to the world economic forum and the world poverty clock1 i am not happy that there are so much killings and terror across the country that the global terrorism index rates nigeria as more terrorised today than she was in 20151 i am not happy that nigeria is perceived to be more corrupt today than she was in 2015 having moved 12 steps backwards from 136 in 2014 to 148 today in the transparency internationals corruption perception index1 136 is bad enough 148 is simply unacceptable and shameful especially under a government that claims that fighting corruption is its priority said abubakar who himself had been accused by his former boss olusegun obasanjo of being corrupt1 abubakar called on all pdp delegates and all nigerians to join him at the struggle to make nigeria work again1 let us work together to create the right conditions for investments to flow in and flourish to create jobs for our people. lets work together to send poverty packing1 let us together reduce corruption so that our resources will be deployed to our national priorities. let us work together to fight all types of terrorism and other crimes1 lets work together to restructure nigeria for better governance and to unite our peoples. lets get nigeria working again he said1