Nigeria: Fringe Parties Square Up Against Buhari, Atiku

16 January 2019

As the February 16 presidential election draws closer, mushroom political parties are at daggers drawn with the two major political parties, President Muhammadu Buhari-led ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with former vice president Atiku Abubakar as its presidential flag bearer.

Prominent among them are: the Social Democratic Party (SDP) with former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Ganna, former World Bank Vice President and Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwelisi of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, a former CBN Deputy Governor, who flies the banner of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) and Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC).

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