Young Nigerians warming to outsider Peter Obi in final race for presidency
by Jason Burke Africa Correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#690RG)
Polls put businessman ahead of the two main parties in next weekend's elections seen as key inflection point' for African country
Polls in Nigeria have placed outsider candidate Peter Obi in the lead before presidential elections next weekend, heralding potentially sweeping change in Africa's most populous nation.
A win for Obi, a 61-year-old businessman turned politician, would overturn politics in Nigeria, ending decades of dominance by the two main establishment parties.
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