Two of Nigeria’s three parties eligible to stand in next month’s legislative and presidential elections formally joined forces on Tuesday, consolidating an earlier shaky pact designed to offset a victory by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), news reports said.
The chairmen of the All Peoples Party (APP) and of the Alliance for Democracy (AD), Mahmud Waziri and Ayo Adebanjo, announced the deal at a joint news conference in Lagos. AFP said the alliance was considered vital in improving the chances of the APP and the AD against the PDP which won the state assembly and governorship elections earlier this month.
However, the alliance must first pick its candidates for the presidency and the legislature, the agency said. The deadline for presenting the list of candidates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is 12 February.
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