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Buhari's heavyweights line up to face Abubakar in 2023 presidential election

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The candidate of the main opposition party, the People's Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar.
The candidate of the main opposition party, the People's Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. © Reuters

By the end of next week, the names of the candidates of the two main parties competing in Nigeria's presidential election, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, will be known. Yet who will stand is still far from clear.

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