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Cracks appear in AD/APP alliance

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    Meanwhile, cracks have appeared in the already-fragile alliance between the Alliance for Democracy (AD) and the All People’s Party (APP) as APP presidential nominee Ogbonnaya Onu yesterday denied he had stepped down, the ‘Guardian’ reported. Onu was said to have bowed out after the alliance chose AD member Samuel Olu Falae as its candidate.

    Under electoral rules, only one presidential candidate under one party logo can be nominated from the alliance. However Onu said in a statement in Abuja: “I remain the duly-elected presidential candidate of the APP, and will never surrender a mandate given to me by the party convention”.

    Onu, a little-known former governor from eastern Nigeria, was described as “a compromise candidate” after his election on Sunday, agencies said.

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