The two main political parties in Nigeria on Wednesday ended the race to pick their presidential candidates for the February 2015 election.For the Peoples Democratic Party, its special convention and primary at the Eagle Square in Abuja were considered as a mere formality as President Goodluck Jonathan had earlier been okayed as a sole candidate by all its organs.The convention, according to a top PDP source in Abuja , “was merely held to ratify the President’s candidacy by delegates.”The situation was however different in the All Progressives Congress which as of Wednesday morning had Muhammadu Buhari, Abubakar Atiku, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Rochas Okorocha and Sam Nda-Isaiah as presidential aspirants .Before the accreditation of 8,000 delegates to determine the fate of the aspirants ended 6pm at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, about 12 APC governors were said to have thrown their weight behind Buhari, a former head of state...
