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A new party of old-style politicians opposes a third term for President Obasanjo

Northern Nigeria's political elite flocked to Abuja on 20 April to launch the Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD), which aims to block a constitutional change allowing President Olusegun Obasanjo to stand for a third term. The event was held at the Shehu Musa Yar'Adua centre, named after the late General who was deputy leader of Obasanjo's military regime from 1976-79. Yar'Adua's friend and business associate, Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has inherited his political network and is implacably opposed to Obasanjo's continued rule....

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Olusegun Obasanjo, Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, Atiku Abubakar, Shehu Shagari, Atiku and the pragmatists, Buba Marwa, Adamu Muazu, Peter Odili, Garba Shehu, Ibrahim Babangida, Muhammadu Buhari, Abubakar Kure, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Yakubu Gowon, Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, Lawal Kaita, Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Abdullahi Adamu, AC