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APP names candidate

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    Meanwhile, the All People’s Party (APP), Nigeria’s second largest party, has named Ogbonnaya Onu as its presidential candidate. According to news reports, he is a little-known former governor from Abia state, eastern Nigeria, who is considered to be a compromise candidate.

    The APP recently formed an alliance with the third party fighting the election, the Alliance for Democracy (AD), which has already named former finance minister Samuel Olu Falae as its candidate.

    According to electoral rules, the alliance can only put forward one joint presidential nomination and although Falae is widely thought to be the favourite, no announcement is expected until after a meeting between the two parties due to take place later today.

    Today is the deadline for informing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of presidential candidates.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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