Taofik Gani
27 Aug
Former Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Taofik Gani, yesterday, urged the party's presidential candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, to call his aides to order and guide them against their intolerable agent provocateur.
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