Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Minor party candidate in Nigeria dies

Look for more news on this development in the coming days.

Nigeria death fails to halt poll

The sudden death of an opposition candidate will not delay a presidential poll due to take place on April 21, Nigeria's electoral commission says... the Alliance for Democracy will be allowed to replace Adebayo Adefarati, who died Thursday.

Mr Adefarati, 79, seen as an outsider in the race, died in a hospital...

Mr Adeferati was governor of south-west Ondo State from 1999 to 2003, but lost a re-election bid in the April 2003 elections.

He was then nominated by his party as presidential candidate for Nigeria's forthcoming elections...

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