Former Nigerian Leader Obasanjo Backs Abubakar for President
- Atiku Abubakar is main opposition candidate in Feb. election
- Incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari will seek a second term
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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo threw his support behind his former deputy, Atiku Abubakar, in February’s election in the hope of stopping incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari’s bid for a second term.
Obasanjo, an influential politician and former military ruler of Africa’s top oil producer, decided to support Abubakar “because the alternative is unthinkable,” he said Thursday by phone from the southwestern city of Abeokuta, where the two men met earlier in the day.