Players on parade

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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Olusegun Obasanjo, Atiku Abubakar, Ibrahim Babangida, Mohammed Marwa, Muhammadu Buhari, Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, Femi Kayode, Ahmad Adamu Muazu, Paul Wolfowitz, Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Abdullahi Adamu, Abdulkadir Kure, Peter Odili, Donald Duke, Ibrahim Mantu, Liyel Imoke, Precious Sekibo, Dalhatu Tafida, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Obi Ezekwesili, Nassir el-Rufai, , Al Barka

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