Nigeria, Nov. 18 -- The new National Chairperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Turaki, has appealed to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to help safeguard Nigeria's democracy, which, he said is under threat from unscrupulous elements.

Mr Turaki, a former minister of special duties, made the appeal on Tuesday while addressing journalists shortly after the postponement of the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting.

The meeting, which was supposed to be the first under the new leadership, was suspended until Wednesday due to chaos at the PDP national secretariat in Abuja.

Aside from calling on President Trump, the PDP chairperson also urged other advanced democracies to intervene in safeguarding...