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The plane was reported to have crashed last week at Kamina military base, in central Katanga Province
    NAIROBI

    Campaigning for Nigeria’s presidential polls was due to end today, news organisations reported. Up to 40 million people have been registered for Saturday’s vote pitting Olusegun Obasanjo of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), against Olu Falae of the Alliance for Democracy/All People’s Party (AD/APP).

    Brushing aside allegations that he is sponsored by the military Obasanjo, who ruled as an army general from 1976 to 1979, told supporters at a thinly-attended rally in Lagos yesterday (Wednesday): “I am a candidate for all Nigeria. I am a civilian candidate, not a military candidate.” He said if elected he would restore Nigeria to the state in which he left it as ruler. He promised implementation of social-oriented policies such as providing education, jobs, investment and health.

    Falae, a former finance minister under the military government of Ibrahim Babangida, has been campaigning in the north, considered a PDP stronghold. He is due in Lagos before heading for his home town of Akure, AFP reported today.

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