All Nigeria People’s Party

The All Nigeria People's Party ( ANPP ) ( party all Nigerian peoples ) is a political party in Nigeria.

The ANPP is Opposition leader in the Nigerian Parliament. Their electoral base is recruited mainly from the Islamic north of the country, which is dominated by the ethnic groups of the Hausa Fulani and. However, in Nigeria decides ethnicity not only about the choices because tactical voting behavior plays a major role. The management level of the ANPP is primarily composed of former or still active military. The current chairman of the ANPP is Chief Obong Don Etiebet.

History

Emerged the ANPP is from the All People's Party, which experienced a factional split after an election defeat in 1999. In the disputed parliamentary elections in April 2003 it reached 27.5 % of the vote and won 96 of 360 seats in the House of Representatives and 27 of the 109 Senate seats. The election campaign was overshadowed by, among others, the murder of the ANPP Vice Chairman Chief Marshall Harry on March 5. In taking place in the same year presidential elections its candidate, the former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari defeated with 32.2 % of the vote against former President Olusegun Obasanjo of the People's Democratic Party. Buhari then described the election because of numerous manipulation of evidence as " a joke " and challenged the result.

Members

• Malam Ibrahim Shekarau ( born 1955 ), former governor and presidential candidate in Kano

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