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| Kerry in Nigeria for talks with with leading PDP and APC presidential candidates |
Mr. John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State is visiting Nigeria
to meet with the leading presidential candidates of PDP and APC in Nigeria's
elections. According to the State Department, he will hold separate talks with
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and his leading challenger, former army
Gen. Muhammad Buhari.
Kerry plans to persuade the presidential candidates and
their supporters to avert violence after the result of the upcoming February
14, 2015 election is announced. One may recall that in 2011, President
Jonathan's disputed election victory was followed by riots in the northern
region of Nigeria which resulted in over 800 people being killed.
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