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Obasanjo chooses northerner as running mate

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    General Olusegun Obasanjo, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate from the southwest of Nigeria, has named northerner Abubukar Atiki as his running mate, news organisations reported today.

    A top PDP source told the ‘Guardian’ that the choice of the Atiku was based on his perceived image as “someone who can reach out to all interest groups within the party”. Atiki, who was elected as governor of northeastern Adamawa State in elections last month, is a member of a younger generation of politicians from Hausa-speaking northern Nigeria.

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