Gunshots at PDP Secretariat as Atiku submits nomination form

Spotted behind Atiku again is the Common Sense man, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce. Won't be surprise if he becomes Atiku running mate.

Officers of the Nigeria police force and some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed at the party headquarters in Abuja on Thursday.

The protesters besieged the area as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar submitted his presidential nomination form.

The clash resulted in the officers firing gunshots into the air to disperse the protesters.

“It is true that there was crowd trouble but it worsened when some unknown men emerged from nowhere, brandishing machetes and shouting Sai Baba,” a prominent PDP member who witnessed the occurrence told reporters.

“It was totally expected; it caused a riot. The only way the Police could have quelled it was to fire gunshots into the air.”

Atiku subsequently went on Twitter to express his happiness with the conclusion of formalities of his interest in the presidential race, writing: "I have just submitted my nomination form to the @OfficialPDPNig 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."

Should Atiku clinch the PDP ticket, he will go against APC’s Buhari at the February 2019 presidential election.