Ex-Gambia High Commissioner gets ADC’s Senatorial Ticket in FCT
13 September 2018 |
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Nigeria’s immediate past High Commissioner to The Gambia, Mrs. Esther Audu, yesterday emerged senatorial candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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