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Symbolic image: Nigerian court voids Atiku's 2027 presidential candidacySymbolic image

Nigerian court voids Atiku's 2027 presidential candidacy

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A Nigerian court voided the candidacy of opposition figure Atiku Abubakar for the 2027 presidential election, Reuters and Le Monde report. Atiku, the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), finished second in the 2023 election with 29 percent of the vote.

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