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Nigeria ex-VP Abubakar wins primary to challenge for presidency
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Oct 7, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Former vice president Atiku Abubakar will challenge incumbent Muhammadu Buhari for the Nigerian presidency after winning the opposition Democratic Peoples Party primary, an AFP reporter at the vote said Sunday.
Abubakar, 71, won 1,532 votes, trouncing his main rival Aminu Tambuwal, the governor of northern Sokoto state who scored 693 votes at the party’s convention in the southeastern oil hub of Port Harcourt.
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