Nigeria's 2019 Election - a Two-Horse Race With Uninspiring Candidates

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5 years ago

[The Conversation Africa] Almost all of Nigeria's 68 political parties have wrapped up their primaries and chosen candidates to stand in the country's February 2019 general election. The poll is likely to be yet another two-horse race: a contest between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and People's Democratic Party (PDP). These are the only two parties to win the presidency since the end of military rule in 1999. The Conversation Africa's Julius Maina spoke to Olayinka Ajala about the emerging campaign issues and the surprises s