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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), accused the Department of State Services (DSS) of recruiting protesters to disrupt his campaign launch in Sokoto. The DSS denied the allegation and ordered an investigation. The state government had already closed a building used by the ADC. In Kano, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cited a court order to explain the omission of an opposition governorship ticket from its list. In Zamfara, a court-ordered APC senatorial primary produced conflicting results, with votes credited to three aspirants exceeding the number of accredited voters.
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