Nigeria opposition picks veteran Abubakar as presidential candidate
By Reuters
29 May 2022 |
9:09 am
Nigeria's former vice president, veteran politician Atiku Abubakar, will run for president again next year after the main opposition party picked him as its candidate to stand in elections to succeed incumbent Muhammadu Buhari.
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