Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau clash over Niger Delta, power

The Nation

19 March 2011

Buhari, Ribadu, Shekarau clash over Niger Delta, power

Presidential candidates of three major parties in next month’s general election yesterday locked horns in Abuja at the first presidential debate organised by NN24TV, a cable television station.

They are Gen. Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Positive Change (CPC); Mallam Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).

President Goodluck Jonathan, also a candidate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was absent at the debate moderated by Kadaria Ahmed, Editor of Next.