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Article: VOA NEWS: NIGERIA - VICE PRESIDENT SAYS HE IS BEING BLACKMAILED

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February 12, 2007
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The Voice of America issued the following story:

By Peter Clottey In Nigeria, the controversy surrounding the eligibility of Vice President Atiku Abubakar took another turn over the weekend. The independent electoral commission (INEC) said it has not cleared the vice president to contest April's general elections as a presidential candidate for the opposition Action Congress (AC) party. Supporters of Abubakar say this is yet another attempt by what they called "the powers that be" to frustrate the vice president's presidential ambitions.

Shehu Garuba is the spokesman for Vice President Atiku Abubakar. He said the Independent electoral commission is blackmailing the vice president.

"There ...

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