Nigeria's ruling party has appointed a new chair at a national convention meant to end infighting as it prepares to select a candidate to replace President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2023 election.
Abdullahi Adamu was appointed as Nigeria's ruling party chair.President Muhammadu Buhari will step down for the 2023 election.
"I had cause to intervene in the leadership crisis which was about to cause confusion," Buhari said in a statement. We must avoid overheating the polity and not allow our differences to tear and frustrate the party. The appointment of a new party chair and delegates was a final stage before primaries later this year for a presidential candidate.
But Nigeria is still battling jihadists in its northeast and its northwest region has been hit hard by criminal gangs behind a spate of attacks and mass kidnappings.
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