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If the battle between President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Atiku Abubakar, is fired by the presidential race in 2007, what will happen if neither of them runs? There are plenty of aspiring candidates within and outside the ruling People's Democratic Party. The clear frontrunners are former military leader General Ibrahim Babangida and former military state governor Colonel Mohammed Marwa....

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