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Nigerian opposition votes to merge in challenge to president

AFP – Nigeria’s largest opposition party on Thursday voted to merge with two others, a move aimed at creating a united front capable of unseating the ruling party in 2015 polls. An overwhelming majority of the 4,500 delegates were at the Action Congress of Nigeria’s convention in a stadium in Lagos. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles