Watchers of politics in Nigeria cannot miss the fact that there is something new about the buildup to forthcoming general election in Nigeria, especially the presidential election. It is the emergence of street marches for preferred presidential candidates.
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Ahead of the elections many had narrowed the next president to come from the established parties; the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) which had been in power since 2015 and the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which was in power for 16 years. The scenario changed when in May one of the front runners for the PDP presidential ticket and former governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi unexpectedly dumped the PDP after campaigning for delegates votes in the 36 states of the country and the FCT. He moved to the less fancied Labour Party and emerged as its presidential candidate.
With the established parties, APC and PDP nominating political chess masters Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Alhaji…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
