“Come and save us”  - PDP Chairman seeks Trump’s help, as party factions clash in Abuja

Turaki

…Police fire teargas The leadership crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reached a breaking point yesterday, as rival factions clashed violently at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja, forcing Police to fire teargas to disperse supporters. The confrontation unfolded just hours after the new PDP National Chairman, Kabiru Turaki, issued an extraordinary appeal to U.S. President Donald Trump and the international community, warning that Nigeria’s democracy was “under threat” as tensions escalated within the opposition party. Turaki, who leads one of the two contending PDP blocs, accused Federal Capital…

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“We’re holding our inaugural meeting today in Wadata Plaza”, New PDP Chairman, Turaki vows

New PDP Chairman vows

…Submits petition against Anyanwu, others The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Dr. Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN) has declared that his leadership will hold its inaugural National Executive meeting  tomorrow, November 18, at the party’s national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja.  Speaking to newsmen moments after submitting a petition at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Garki against expelled National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu and other “saboteurs,” Turaki announced that nothing will stop him and his colleagues from meeting tomorrow at the office Turaki vowed that nothing would stop him and his…

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