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political organisations in Nigeria. That’s the reality today. In most established democracies around the world, national elections are usually straight contests between the party in power and its main rival. In the United States, for instance, the Republican Party and Democratic Party predictably and constantly alternate the occupancy of White House between themselves. Same for Britain where the Labour and Conservative parties dominate.
Justa year ago, not many pundits saw the symbolic emergence of, say, Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party , and Senator Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso, flag-holder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party . While skeptics and cynics are busy writing off the former as a mere social media sensation and the latter as nothing more than a Kano State tiger, upsets cannot be ruled out as the five months before the polls can still produce shocks if adequately utilised.
Equally remarkable is the choice of Tinubu’s running mate, a former Governor of Borno State, Senator Kashim Shettima. The anger, resentment and confusion that greeted the same-faith ticket would have ebbed considerably but may in fact not clear up totally before the contest next February.
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