Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ABUJA2333
2009-12-24 14:23:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abuja
Cable title:
(U) PROMINENT KATSINA POLITICIAN DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR A
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SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/FO, AF/W, AF/RSA, DRL, INR/AA;
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR NI
SUBJECT: (U) PROMINENT KATSINA POLITICIAN DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR A
PLANNED OPPOSITION "MEGA-PARTY"
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successfully fought through the courts.
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COMMENT
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7. (C) While opposition party leaders have discussed the idea
of establishing a "mega party" for some time, such efforts
remain at a formative and apparently critical stage. Uniting
behind an individual presidential candidate, rather than
forming a loose coalition, would obviously enhance prospects
for a "mega party" in the next national elections. We will
continue to monitor developments, including the December 9
arrest and detention of Bafarawa in a prison in Sokoto for
alleged misappropriation of public funds and money laundering
from his 1999 to 2007 tenure as governor.
SANDERS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR AF/FO, AF/W, AF/RSA, DRL, INR/AA;
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR NI
SUBJECT: (U) PROMINENT KATSINA POLITICIAN DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR A
PLANNED OPPOSITION "MEGA-PARTY"
ABUJA 00002333 001.2 OF 002
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PLS DELETE MSG IN ITS ENTIRETY AND BLANK ALL
ASSOCIATED MCN'S. MSG WILL BE RESENT
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successfully fought through the courts.
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COMMENT
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7. (C) While opposition party leaders have discussed the idea
of establishing a "mega party" for some time, such efforts
remain at a formative and apparently critical stage. Uniting
behind an individual presidential candidate, rather than
forming a loose coalition, would obviously enhance prospects
for a "mega party" in the next national elections. We will
continue to monitor developments, including the December 9
arrest and detention of Bafarawa in a prison in Sokoto for
alleged misappropriation of public funds and money laundering
from his 1999 to 2007 tenure as governor.
SANDERS