The governor of north Nigeria's most populous state on Tuesday announced his bid to run for president on the main opposition ticket, as the speaker of the country's lower house of parliament defected to the same party.
Kano State governor Rabiu Kwankwaso's declaration, made at a rally in the capital Abuja, sets up a three-way battle for the presidential nomination within the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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