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Felix Onuah

Nigerian vice president Osinbajo seeks ruling party ticket for presidential election

FILE PHOTO: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo casts his vote at the Victoria Garden City in Lagos, Nigeria February 23, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Nigerian vice president Yemi Osinbajo will seek the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) ticket to run for president next February, he said on Twitter on Monday, as he bids to succeed his boss Muhammadu Buhari in Africa's top oil producer.

Political parties in Nigeria should pick presidential candidates by June 3. Official campaigning will begin in September, according to the country's electoral commission.

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