Nigeria: Ex-administrator Joins Politics, Declares for PDP

Lagos — Two time military administrator of Bauchi and Sokoto states respectively, Navy Captain Rasheed Raji (Rtd.) has joined politics. The retired Naval officer, who ruled the two states for four years between 1994 - 1998 at the weekend in Abeokuta, his home town, declared for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Raji who arrived the town in his white Lexus car with registration number Lagos AM 367 FST, was accepted into the party at the local government level as required by law.

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