Nigeria: Saraki VS Amaechi - Old Allies, New Foes and 2019 Grudge Battle

21 October 2018

Next year's presidential election may boil down to a ferocious battle between two old allies now in opposing camps as they lead the campaigns of the nation's leading presidential candidates.

The appointments of two strong political allies, Senate President Bukola Saraki and Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi as the directors-general of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and President Muhammadu Buhari's Campaign Organisation, are a classic example of the truism that the only thing permanent in politics is interest.

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