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The ruling People's Democratic Party, with 209 of the 348 seats in the National Assembly and 59 of the 103 seats in the Senate, enters the electoral race with a commanding lead and all the advantages of incumbency in the presidency and several state governorships. Nigerians want a reordering of the political landscape. Yet even if the new electoral law is passed in September and it permits new parties to be formed, the PDP's opponents have not got much time to put together cohesive national parties....

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Shehu Musa Yar'Adua, Barnabas Gemade, Sunday Awoniyi, Bamanga Tukur, Olusegun Obasanjo, Bola Ige, Albert Horsfall, Ibrahim Babangida, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Alex Ekwueme, Emeka Anyaoku, Chimaroke Nnamani, Orji Kalu, Peter Odili, Donald Duke, Bola Tinubu, Chinwoke Mbadinuju, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Heineken October Lopkobori, Mohammed Lawal, Olusola Saraki, Afenifere, Ohaneze

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