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Nigeria: Opposition Party appoints its presidential candidate
The retired General was previously a member of another opposition party, the ANPP, before joining the newly created CPC with many of his supporters. Aged 69 years, the CPC candidate told several hundred supporters, gathered in the capital Abuja, that the aim of his new political party was to win the general and presidential elections. “Our job is to unite and defeat the ruling PDP in all 2011 elections in Nigeria, he said. Mohammadu Bohari could be a serious contender against the ruling party, supposed to appoint its candidate on January the 13th. For now, two candidates are vying for the primaries, the current President Goodluck Jonathan, southern Christian and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, a northern Muslim like Bohari. The majority of the 36 governors of the ruling federal states have chosen President Goodluck Jonathan as their presidential candidate. The elections of 2011 are considered crucial since they would determine the political future of the country.